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1. Toroweap Point
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 88 reviews
Acrophobes may want to avoid this overlook, on the remote part of the North Rim, which provides awesome Canyon views from sheer cliffs nearly 3,000 feet high above the Colorado River.
Reviewed By tm212 - Grimes, United States
When fires closed the access to the north rim of the Grand Canyon we were forced to get creative. This is a dirt/gravel road for 61 miles. The road gets worse the last 13 miles and ridiculous the last 3 miles. In the last 3 miles you will need a 4WD with some ground clearance. Many reviews recommend "high clearance" without saying what that mean. We drove a Toyota Highlander with a 8.1" ground clearance. We did fine with some creative driving across the boulders. Some of the reviews said that they did the drive in vehicles with as little as 5.1" of ground clearance which I wouldn't suggest. Lastly, check the weather before you go. Don't go if rain is in the forecast, When you get the restroom at the end park there if you can find a space. Just kidding, you'll likely be the only ones there. We only encountered five cars on the 122 mile round trip. Anyhow leave your vehicle by the restroom stop. If you drive down to the picnic tables you will likely bottom out. Just look at the scrapes on the rocks. This is a far different experience than the crowded South and North Rims. Of approximately 6 million annual visitors to the Grand Canyon, only about 20,000 go to Toroweap (aka Tuweap). There are no railing, only nature in it's splendor.
2. Point Imperial Drive
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 106 reviews
An 11-mile scenic drive on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Reviewed By HeidiGrebeinTC - Traverse City, United States
Our family of 3 (mom, dad, and tween son) took this easy drive to the end and back and highly recommend. We stopped at all the vistas and overlooks and took pix galore! The views at each place were amazing. Others have already commented on the fact that Point Imperial Vista is the highest in the park (8800 feet) and well worth the drive, but seemed to not enjoy the actual drive – we did! The air is just better here! The skies were so blue and many plants had blossoms like the cacti. Each vista and overlook was unique and we’re glad we checked each one out. Nough said!
3. Bright Angel Point
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 642 reviews
One of the highlights of the less crowded North Rim, this spot offers a breathtaking view of Bright Angel Canyon.
Reviewed By jimmD7990PN - Sedro Woolley, United States
We only spent an afternoon seeing the Grand Canyon, and this is one of startlingly gorgeous views we found. There are many more spots like this, all of them unique and mesmerizing.
4. East Rim Drive
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 314 reviews
Scenic drive on the East Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Reviewed By 451PaulL - Winnipeg, Canada
This drive ( also known as Desert View Drive ) to the East Entrance of the park has many pull-outs and side roads to more outstanding views of the canyon, ending with the wonderful Desert View Watchtower, before you exit the park.
5. Cape Royal Drive
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 208 reviews
Many of the Grand Canyon's most spectacular panoramas can be viewed along this scenic drive, including Point Imperial and Cape Royal itself (elevation 7,865 feet,) the southernmost viewpoint on the North Rim.
Reviewed By LSUTraveller - Denham Springs, United States
A beautiful drive with lots of spots to stop and take photos, have a picnic or take a hike. Suggest you drive all the way to the end, take the trail out to Angel's Window and make your way back - you'll fight less traffic and compete for parking less that way. A lot of the drive is forested and the view can be visually impeded - but there's so much to see at the stops.
6. Yaki Point
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 311 reviews
Reviewed By J9813XBginas - Amelia, United States
We rented Bikes at the Bright Angel Bicycles located by the Visitor center. We rode up to Yaki point and it was so fun! The views were amazing. You can walk this, ride a shuttle or a bike. I highly recommend the bikes because you can stop at several view points including the south Kaibab Trailhead where we saw Elk just roaming around and mules are kept there for resting after trail.
7. Hopi Point
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 625 reviews
Reviewed By TutinsPony - Phoenix, United States
We went on our bikes and it is a great short ride along the road, only 3 miles, with an early hill up the Hermits Road. There are places to stop on the way, Maricopa Point and Powell Point. Hopi is a good Sunset spot, during Covid-19 conditions it was really very quiet. This is also a good walk/hike along the paved footpaths.
8. Pima Point
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 143 reviews
Reviewed By orlandotourist
This was the last overlook before ending our 5.5 mile tour of the Hermit's Rest Tour with Bright Angel Bicycle Tours at Hermit's Rest. Another different vista of the Grand Canyon to take in between riding along the canyon rim on West Rim Drive and looking over to see the Grand Canyon as one coasts along on a bicycle.
9. Grandview Point
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 549 reviews
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
Even before the construction of the iconic El Tovar Hotel, Grandview Point was the first place along the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park to be developed for tourists. The southernmost point on the busy and bustling South Rim, it is reached by a one-mile side road and looks over a wide bend in the Colorado River halfway between Desert View and Grand Canyon Village. This is also the point furthest from the river, which is four miles away, so it features the largest panorama of intervening buttes and ravines. The best views at Grandview Point are found a short distance down the Grandview Trail, since the official overlook is slightly obstructed by trees. The Grandview Trail descends along the side of a narrow ridge toward Horseshoe Mesa, a U-shaped formation between Cottonwood Creek to the west and Hance Creek to the east, once the site of a copper mine. Further west is the branched drainage of Grapevine Creek. The only glimpse of the Colorado River from Grandview Point is quite far to the northeast, at the mouth of Tanner Canyon.
10. Lipan Point
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 331 reviews
Reviewed By babystepper - Big Flats, United States
Definitely worth the quick sidetrip from the south rim drive. Easy to see down into the canyon, look east to Desert View Watchtower, etc.
