1Score 97.6 out of 100
National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
A mile-deep gorge cut by the Colorado River through two billion years of rock, and the fifteenth US national park.
Grand Canyon Attractions
The 24 attractions in this database associated with Grand Canyon, ranked by the site's overall score.
24 attractions
- 2Score 58.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Kaibab National Forest
A 1.6-million-acre national forest bordering both rims of the Grand Canyon, divided into three ranger districts. - 3Score 55.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Cheops Pyramid
Cheops Pyramid is a summit of 5,401 feet elevation standing within the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona. - 4Score 53.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Bright Angel Trail
The most popular trail in Grand Canyon National Park, descending from Bright Angel Lodge by switchbacks to Indian Gardens. - 5Score 52.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Vishnu Temple
A summit within the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, standing at an elevation of 7,533 feet. - 6Score 52.2 out of 100
Historic Site
Desert View Watchtower
A 70-foot stone tower on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, completed in 1932 to a design by Mary Colter, with murals by Fred Kabotie. - 7Score 51.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
South Kaibab Trail
A Grand Canyon trail from Yaki Point following a ridgeline to the Colorado River, steeper and less shaded than the Bright Angel. - 8Score 51.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Isis Temple
A Coconino Sandstone prominence in the Grand Canyon, five miles north of Grand Canyon Village and only slightly below its elevation. - 9Score 49.1 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Kaibab Plateau
A high plateau almost entirely within Coconino County, also known as Buckskin Mountain, Buckskin Plateau and Kaibab Mountain. - 10Score 48.7 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Shiva Temple
A 7,646-foot butte in the Grand Canyon, named by Clarence Dutton and searched in 1937 for species isolated from the plateau. - 11Score 46.7 out of 100
Historic Site
Grand Canyon Village Historic District
A census-designated place on the Grand Canyon's South Rim whose historic core is a National Historic Landmark District of tourist-era buildings. - 12Score 46.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Wotans Throne
A 7,721-foot Grand Canyon summit near Cape Royal on the North Rim, rising 5,200 feet above the Colorado and named for the god Wotan. - 13Score 45.0 out of 100
Historic Site
Hopi House
Mary Colter's first Grand Canyon building, opened in 1905 as a market for Hopi crafts and modelled on a Hopi pueblo. - 14Score 44.6 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Rim Trail
A paved 13-mile trail along the Grand Canyon's South Rim, from the South Kaibab Trailhead west to Hermit's Rest. - 15Score 44.3 out of 100
Natural Landmark
North Kaibab Trail
The Grand Canyon's North Rim trail, descending steeply to Roaring Springs and on to the Colorado River. - 16Score 44.2 out of 100
Landmark
Phantom Ranch
A lodge at the bottom of the Grand Canyon beside Bright Angel Creek, opened in 1922 and a member of Historic Hotels of America. - 17Score 43.5 out of 100
Historic Site
Hermit's Rest
A 1914 Mary Colter building at the western end of Hermit Road on the Grand Canyon's south rim, and a National Historic Landmark. - 18Score 42.8 out of 100
Historic Site
Mary Jane Colter buildings
Four Grand Canyon buildings designed by Mary Colter between 1905 and 1932, declared a National Historic Landmark as a set in 1987. - 19Score 40.9 out of 100
Historic Site
Kolb Studio
A historic building on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, run from 1904 to 1976 as the photographic studio of Ellsworth and Emery Kolb. - 20Score 40.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Tonto Trail
A hiking trail on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in Grand Canyon National Park, northern Arizona. - 21Score 40.0 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Mather Point
A South Rim viewpoint at 7,119 feet, named after Stephen Tyng Mather and looking north across Granite Gorge up Bright Angel Canyon. - 22Score 38.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Hermit Trail
A steep, marginally maintained trail in Grand Canyon National Park, descending from the South Rim to the Colorado River past fossilised reptile tracks. - 23Score 37.8 out of 100
Landmark
Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge
A 440-foot span carrying the South Kaibab Trail across the Colorado River, and the mule crossing to Phantom Ranch. - 24Score 32.4 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Grandview Trail
An 1893 miners' trail on the Grand Canyon's South Rim, descending from Grandview Point to Horseshoe Mesa past surviving mining relics.
About this list
Attractions are associated with the nearest recognisable destination rather than by municipal boundary, so a place just outside Grand Canyon still appears here if that is how visitors reach it. 1 of these publish an official visitor count, together recording 4,919,163 visits in their most recent reported year.
Near Grand Canyon
The closest attractions outside Grand Canyon, measured from the places listed above rather than from a town centre nothing occupies.
- Grand Canyon IMAX Theater — 5.6 miles away, Tusayan
- Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument — 6.8 miles away, Tusayan
- Sycamore Canyon — 10 miles away, Sedona
- Arizona Trail — 14 miles away, Tusayan
- Condor Viewing Site — 25 miles away, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
- Planes of Fame Air Museum — 26 miles away, Williams
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