Grand Canyon News

…Boy, that’d take an awfully big pool cover!  Just playin.’  

Sorry, guys, but when folks ask “do you close up the Canyon at night?” one’s mind just tends to form these funny little pictures of two guys in gray overalls turning this huge crank….“OK, Bernie, let’s cover it up!”  Or…maybe it’s just MY mind that forms the funny pictures. 

Anyway, today’s question – which, by the way, is a perfectly legitimate question – is about the hours of operation of Grand Canyon National Park.  Grand Canyon South Rim is open year-round.  The entrance gates are staffed during the day by the rangers of the National Park Service, who collect your entrance fees, distribute park maps and guides, and answer your questions about the park.  They’re there during the daylight hours, which of course, vary with the season.  The actual park gates, though, are open 24/7, which means you can enter and exit the park any time of day or night.  Grand Canyon North Rim is only open for about 5–6 months a year (mid-May through mid-October, weather permitting), but during its season, same rules apply (rangers at the gate during daytime, gates open 24/7). 

So, for those of you not expecting to arrive at the park until late at night, you won’t be shut out… but you might get shot down IF you don’t have reservations for those Grand Canyon hotels.  Have you made yours yet?