Articles, reviews and news about the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Flagstaff, Scottsdale, Phoenix & Prescott, Arizona
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon, Prescott on Jun 18th, 2008
Share Horizon Air announced recently that it will offer twice-daily nonstop service from Los Angeles to Flagstaff / Grand Canyon starting June 23 and nonstop service between Prescott and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) once daily starting Sept. 8. “Say goodbye to the long drive and missed connections at another airport and say hello to [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on May 27th, 2008
Share Peak tourist season at the Grand Canyon is upon us. Nearly four of the five million annual visitors will descend upon the national park between May and September, and about half of them are seeking lodging inside the park boundaries. Are you one of them? One of our readers wrote in asking for information [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on May 1st, 2008
Dear Arizona Travel:
We’ll be coming to the Grand Canyon on October 12th this year. Will we still be able to get to the North Rim? Is it weather-dependent or is there a certain cutoff day in mid-October when visitors aren’t allowed? Thanks!
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Apr 25th, 2008
Share Here’s a recent question we received from a reader. For some, the answer may seem obvious, but we thought it was a reasonable question for anyone who has never traveled to the West and can’t picture the lay of the land. Dear Arizona Travel, My wife and I are thinking about taking a trip [...]
Share Drivers are urged to plan for extra travel time this weekend while Interstate 17 is closed at Carefree Highway (State Route 74) for bridge demolition work:
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Jan 28th, 2008
Share The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Grand Canyon Country. A storm system will move into Arizona on Sunday (Jan 27) with heavy rainfall possible. The Backcountry Information Center strongly recommends hikers watch the development of this storm closely. Most folks are unaware that historically the “biggest” Grand Canyon floods [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Jan 28th, 2008
Share The 2007-2008 run of the Grand Canyon Railway’s popular Polar Express has come to a close. If you missed it, don’t make the same mistake twice – book your 2008 tickets now. Grand Canyon Railway has made very-advance tickets available for the 2008 production of this classic holiday tale come to life. 2008 Polar [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon, Sedona on Jan 28th, 2008
Share While it might not be any surprise that the South Rim of the Grand Canyon receives the lion’s share of the 5 million visitors to the National Park each year, you might not realize that lodging options are not limited to the Grand Canyon National Park lodges inside the south rim of the park. [...]
Posted in Arizona, Grand Canyon on Jan 25th, 2008
Share In 2007, we polled thecanyon.com visitors to discover the most popular Grand Canyon vacation activity plans. It’s easy to see that there are such numerous and diverse things to do at the Grand Canyon that there is no one clear winner. So what does that mean to you?
Posted in Arizona, Scottsdale, Sedona on Jan 24th, 2008
Share It’s going to be a mad house! In what state other than Arizona would there be full-blown Super Bowl parties and events hosted in at least four different cities? Between Scottsdale, Phoenix, Glendale, & Tempe, Super Bowl XLII is going to be one massive 30 x 30 mile party. Let’s not forget the oh [...]
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