Phantom Ranch

Rank in Arizona: #249of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 44.2 out of 100medium confidence
Category: Landmark

Phantom Ranch is a lodge inside Grand Canyon National Park, at the bottom of the canyon on the east side of Bright Angel Creek, a little over half a mile north of the creek's confluence with the Colorado River. It opened in 1922 and is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official programme of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Where it is

Phantom Ranch is a landmark near Grand Canyon, in Coconino County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Phantom Ranch, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Official site: https://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/lodging/phantom-ranch/(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

More photographs

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Mather Point
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Isis Temple
A Coconino Sandstone prominence in the Grand Canyon, five miles north of Grand Canyon Village and only slightly below its elevation.
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