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Tusayan AZ: Grand Adventure & Natural Wonders

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Tusayan (pronounced Too-say-Ann) is located only one mile from the Grand Canyon National Park South Rim entrance.

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tips for seeing sunrise & sunset at the grand canyon 🏜️✨👇🏼 #ad

the grand canyon is beautiful at any time of day, but golden hour completely transforms the colors, shadows and layers of the canyon and is a MUST-SEE

this is not inclusive, but based on my visits over the last decade:

🌄 best sunrise spots:
• south kaibab trail
• mather point
• yavapai point

my favorite sunrise hike is the south kaibab trail to ooh aah point! it’s 0.9 miles down—but remember, you’ll have to hike that same steep stretch back up.

🌅 best sunset spots:
• shoshone point
• mather point
• powell point
• hopi point

for a quieter sunset adventure, walk the mostly flat one-mile trail to shoshone point.

a few things to know:

✨ arrive at least 30 minutes early to find your spot and enjoy the changing light
✨ stay after the sun disappears—the canyon often becomes even more colorful
✨ bring layers because temperatures drop quickly before sunrise and after sunset (except in the middle of summer hehe)
✨ stay overnight in tusayan! being only about one mile from the park entrance makes those early mornings so much easier & a quick drive to your hotel is great after a long day!!

📍tusayan, arizona has so much to do between sunrise and sunset including e-bike rentals you can take into the park, aerial, ground and guided tours, horseback riding and an IMAX feature to fill your day PLUS it’s the perfect place for a post-sunrise coffee & breakfast or a filling dinner after a day of adventure ☕️ @townoftusayanaz

save this for your next trip to grand canyon national park 🤎

#exploretusayan #experiencegrandcanyon

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On the way to the Grand Canyon for wedding work today when traffic came to a very Arizona stop. 🦌

An elk herd crossed the road in Tusayan, just north of the roundabout, in the middle of a monsoon storm. And September happens to put us right in the middle of elk rutting season.

According to Grand Canyon National Park, this is the time of year when bull elk compete for the attention of cows, bugle to announce themselves and intimidate rivals, and guard groups of females known as harems. So if you see a group like this moving through the area, give them the right of way. The bulls are particularly protective at this time of year.

Basically, when you plan weddings at the Grand Canyon, sometimes you find yourself in the middle of a literal rut. 😂

And yes, we stayed in the car and let them do their thing. NPS recommends keeping at least 100 feet from elk and never approaching or attempting to move wildlife.

We hope Blue, the Conservation K-9 at Grand Canyon National Park, doesn’t get wind of this.

#grandcanyon #elkrut #tusayan #destinationwedding

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most people drive right through 📍tusayan on their way to the grand canyon—but this little town deserves a spot on your itinerary too 👀🌲 #ad

located just outside the south entrance of grand canyon national park (1 mile!!), @townoftusayanaz makes the perfect home base for exploring the canyon

things to do in tusayan:
🥾 hike (greenway trail, arizona trail, etc)
🚲 bike the greenway trail all the way to the canyon
🚁unique tours like helicopters, off-road vehicles, horseback riding, etc
☕️ eat (from morning coffee to breakfast, lunch, & dinner)
🛌 stay (the best way to see the grand canyon at sunrise or sunset is to stay overnight in tusayan!)

save this for your next grand canyon trip—and tell me: have you ever stopped in tusayan?

PS- the grand canyon is OPEN despite recent circumstances. in park lodging is closed overnight currently and water is limited, but tusayan’s lodging is OPEN & water is available!

#exploretusayan #experiencegrandcanyon

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Grand Canyon National Park is OPEN.

There are some closures, and water is currently limited on the South Rim, so visitors should check current conditions and come prepared. But the park remains open, and the Grand Canyon is still here to explore.

Unfortunately, many people are staying away, and local guides, hotels, restaurants, outfitters, and other small businesses are feeling the impact.

If you’re planning a visit, please don’t assume the entire park is closed. Check the latest conditions, plan ahead, and come experience one of the most extraordinary places on Earth.

Please share and help spread the word: Grand Canyon National Park is open.

#GrandCanyon #GrandCanyonNationalPark #ArizonaTravel #SupportSmallBusiness #GrandCanyonRafting

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sunrise at the grand canyon with my little baby riding along ☀️✨

there’s nothing quite like watching the canyon slowly light up in shades of pink, purple, orange and gold—and even better when no one is around 👀

she’s already been to the grand canyon twice before even being born, what a lucky girl!!

📍 yavapai point: grand canyon national park, arizona

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📍powell point, grand canyon national park

accessed by the hermit’s rest shuttle 🚐

grand canyon south rim status: open for hiking, day use, and restaurants/stores but currently closed for overnight hotels inside the park 🏜️

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Working up north always makes me appreciate what I get to do for a living! Only while staying in @townoftusayanaz can you have these moments!
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September has brought a swarm of flowers carpeting the ponderosa floors of the South Rim. Caps and bushels of rabbitbrush reach skyward; blankets of snakeweed smolder among white chunks of Kaibab limestone amid spurts of red paintbrush. This has mixed with monsoon rain producing swaths of grass growing under the eaves of pines. The whole place is just a floor of color right now.

Tusayan has been hard at work over the past few years putting together the new Tusayan Loops Trails Project. Enter a new double loop of singletrack that weaves through Kaibab National Forest/Baaj Nwaajvo I’tah Kukveni National Monument right outside of town. On Friday, I took advantage of stellar weather to finally get some riding down on a good chunk of the loops while the ground was dry (and not peanut butter mud from the recent monsoons). And the conditions couldn’t have been better.

And then Saturday, I headed to a place I’ve driven by hundreds of times and never stopped. With Evergreen on my back, I finally hiked Red Mountain Trail to its namesake peak - a carved-out heart of cinder volcano mountain located near the boundary of the Coconino/Kaibab National Forests south of the South Rim.

A nontechnical hike up a wash-bed next to blackened cinder hillsides led us to an interior of geological reds. Peach-rose hoodoos and swollen pyramids of volcanic tuft reached skyward. Massive ponderosas nourished by the concentrated moisture of the rocky-enclave grew in a thick grove among the rocks. We hiked up short volcanic slots. I kept saying how amazed I was by the contrasting colors and prominent spires. The two of us found a place in the shade of igneous formations where cool wind shuttled from the peak down onto us. Evergreen took the opportunity to climb around and work on walking on uneven surfaces. And pick up big rocks and yell about them. Fantastic.

#redmountaintrail #tusyanloopstrails #southrim

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Tusayan has been hard at work over the past few years putting together the new Tusayan Loops Trails Project. Enter a new double loop of singletrack that weaves through Kaibab National Forest/Baaj Nwaajvo I’tah Kukveni National Monument right outside of town. Trailheads and parking areas are to come too. For now, the trails are currently unmarked (they’re flagged for ongoing trail work), but enough of a tread exists to pick your way along them fairly faithfully. Ultimately, they’ll connect to the Tusayan-Montane Campground and even some connectors will bridge to the Arizona Trail. The Long Loop is 7 miles of singletrack while the Short Loop is over 4 miles in length. If you cross them in a figure-eight, you can string over 10 miles of mountain bike trail together.

I took advantage of stellar weather to finally get some riding down on a good chunk of the loops while the ground is dry (and not peanut butter mud from the recent monsoons). And the conditions couldn’t have been better.

September has brought a swarm of flowers carpeting the ponderosa floors of the South Rim. Caps and bushels of rabbitbrush reach skyward; blankets of snakeweed smolder among white chunks of Kaibab limestone amid spurts of red paintbrush. This has mixed with monsoon rain producing swaths of grass growing under the eaves of pines. The whole place is just a floor of color right now.

The Tusayan Loops Trails travel through groves of Ponderosa Pines where you can ride deep enough into the forest to have just the sound of plants swaying in the wind. Some sections crossed through massive fields and meadows of historical burn scars that provided spectacular views of cloud systems building in the distance. Although I got away riding with a rigid bike, I bet most would enjoy suspension; chunks of Kaibab limestone are endemic to the area’s surfaces.

I’m excited to see this project continue to develop. And when complete, we’ll be throwing an official big opening with @townoftusayanaz to get more riders out on this new trail system.

#grandcanyon #coloradoplateau #brightangelbikepacking #tusayan #mountainbike

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happy national parks week 🌲🛶⛺️🫶🏻

there’s been a lot going on in the past year that has harmed the national parks, from cutting funding/staffing to talks of building roads to bulldozing some of our most beautiful land.

if you love our parks & want to protect them, follow @npcapics, sign their petition to congress to protect the parks & maybe consider donating ✨

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