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dawoody · 06-14-2022, 10:33 PM

We are in page Arizona and hoping to go to the Grand Canyon national park aka north rim. Where to camp with 38 foot class A. and is there automobile access there?

Ray,IN · 06-15-2022, 03:38 PM

Check this out; https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/cg-nr.htm

twogypsies · 06-15-2022, 03:53 PM

As stated by RAY, above, there's the national park's campground & you would fit in some sites... if they're not all reserved.

DeMotte national forest campground is very nice. At the entrance to the North Rim.

Just south of DeMotte is a forest service road. Flat and good. Drive back about 1/2 mi. & you'll start seeing nice boondocking sites.

Jacob Lake has an RV park. Kanab, Utah has RV parks.

With the AZ heat many will probably be around the North Rim where it's much cooler!

**hamm2018** · 06-15-2022, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by twogypsies

As stated by RAY, above, there's the national park's campground & you would fit in some sites... if they're not all reserved.

DeMotte national forest campground is very nice. At the entrance to the North Rim.

Just south of DeMotte is a forest service road. Flat and good. Drive back about 1/2 mi. & you'll start seeing nice boondocking sites.

Jacob Lake has an RV park. Kanab, Utah has RV parks.

With the AZ heat many will probably be around the North Rim where it's much cooler!

Zion NP was over 102 last week for 4 days. Bryce Canyon on last Thursday was around 90.

Outside of Virgin, Utah is a place to boondock, sign said something "contact St Georges office", but you would be 2 or 2 1/2 hours from the north rim.

Temps around St. George this weekend is suppose to be around 103 again.

We are now sitting in Nephi, Ut.

twogypsies · 06-15-2022, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by hamm2018

Zion NP was over 102 last week for 4 days. Bryce Canyon on last Thursday was around 90.

Outside of Virgin, Utah is a place to boondock, sign said something "contact St Georges office", but you would be 2 or 2 1/2 hours from the north rim.

Temps around St. George this weekend is suppose to be around 103 again.

We are now sitting in Nephi, Ut.

..... and the North Rim was and is to be in the 70's/80's. It's always cooler there.

tucsonrv · 06-16-2022, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by dawoody

We are in page Arizona and hoping to go to the Grand Canyon national park aka north rim. Where to camp with 38 foot class A. and is there automobile access there?

We have respect for the end of August but made them 3 months ago. Recreation.gov controls the north rim reservations and open 6 months in advance. I have heard that if you are at the station when they open that they give out cancellation spaces. Good luck, the North Rim is very very popular and not many places.

ByeTheWay · 06-16-2022, 03:15 PM

There is a lot of places to Boondock on the north rim. Fine a place to pull over, and scout them out with your toad. If you are a member of "Days End" I posted several boondocking spots with coordinates.

Pillbox · 06-16-2022, 04:03 PM

Some fhu near thete also. Within short driving distance to the park entrance.
Terry

Hermes2 · 06-27-2022, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by dawoody

We are in page Arizona and hoping to go to the Grand Canyon national park aka north rim. Where to camp with 38 foot class A. and is there automobile access there?

Last summer (2021) we stayed at Kaibab Camper Village with a 30' class A and toad, about 30 miles north of the Rim. Pretty good sites, level, a little tight getting in and out where they put us but there were larger sites and units there; easy hookups, gravel and dirt, no wifi and spotty cell. And, yes, there is a good amount of car parking at the Rim. It'll be busy there, but the views are worth it -- and it's not as crowded as the South Rim.