Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nationaal Park Grand Canyon, Verenigde Staten

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter on the South Rim (1 dec – 28 feb)

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter on the South Rim (1 dec – 28 feb)

Topdrukte — Spring break crowds, Spring break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  Spring break crowds

  1 mrt – 15 aprSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  The first real rush of the year, when the rim is comfortable and the inner canyon is not yet dangerous. Village parking fills by mid-morning and the shuttle queues start; the east entrance is the quieter way in.

Druk — Spring break crowds

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Spring break crowds (1 mrt – 15 apr)

Druk — Memorial Day weekend

• Opening

  North Rim season

  15 mei – 15 okt · meestalWandelseizoenSluitingen

  The North Rim opens around mid-May and closes to services in mid-October, with the highway in gated for winter. The 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire took the lodge and the visitor centre, so there is currently no lodging or drinking water up there. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Inner canyon heat

  15 mei – 15 sepExtreme hitte

  It is routinely fifteen degrees hotter at the river than on the rim, and the park tells people not to hike below the rim between ten and four in summer. Most rescues here are people who felt fine on the way down. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Peak summer season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  Peak summer season

  1 jun – 20 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  Half the park's annual visitors arrive in these weeks. Rim rooms are booked a year out, the free shuttle is the only sensible way along Hermit Road, and sunrise is the only quiet hour.

Nog steeds bezig: North Rim season (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Inner canyon heat (15 mei – 15 sep)

Topdrukte — Peak summer season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Risico

  Monsoon storms

  1 jul – 15 sep · meestalOverstromingsseizoen

  Afternoon thunderstorms build over the canyon from July, bringing lightning on exposed rim points and flash floods in the side canyons below. They also make the best light and the best photographs of the year. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: North Rim season (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Inner canyon heat (15 mei – 15 sep), Peak summer season (1 jun – 20 aug)

Topdrukte — Peak summer season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Feestdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: North Rim season (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Inner canyon heat (15 mei – 15 sep), Peak summer season (1 jun – 20 aug), Monsoon storms (1 jul – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Labor Day weekend, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: North Rim season (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), Inner canyon heat (15 mei – 15 sep), Monsoon storms (1 jul – 15 sep (meestal)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: North Rim season (15 mei – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Winter on the South Rim

  1 dec – 28 febSeizoensluiting

  The rim sits above two thousand metres and gets snow, which is the one time the canyon looks different in photographs. Viewpoints are empty, rooms are available, and the inner-canyon trails ice over at the top.