Comments on: Grand Canyon National Park https://worldheritagesites.net/grand-canyon-national-park/ Your one-stop shop for World Heritage tourism information! Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rachel Heller https://worldheritagesites.net/grand-canyon-national-park/#comment-7930 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:36:33 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=6956#comment-7930 In reply to Cindy Carlsson.

Thanks for the update! For any future readers, this comment was posted on July 13, 2025, so the smokiness might be gone by the time you read this. As Cindy pointed out, it’ll be much longer before the North Rim has recovered.

]]> By: Cindy Carlsson https://worldheritagesites.net/grand-canyon-national-park/#comment-7893 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:27:52 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=6956#comment-7893 Sad news. A wildfire (likely started by lightning strikes) destroyed most of the developed area along the North Rim, including campgrounds and the historic park lodge and cabins. The entire North Rim is likely to be closed for the rest of the 2025 season and the next as well. This was one of the most incredible natural areas I’ve visited. For years I’ve dreamed of winning the cabin lottery to spend a week at one of the handful of old cabins that sit right on the rim, but it’s unlikely those will be rebuilt. And it will be many generations before the forest fully regrows — if ever. On the positive side, quick action by the park staff got everyone out of the park before the fire hit, so no lives were lost. But it’s a reminder of how fragile our precious natural areas are.

The South Rim is still open, although the canyon is currently filled with a lot of smoke and trails to the bottom seem to be closed, as is Phantom Ranch.

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