As of July 22, firefighters expanded containment efforts for both of the wildfires that scorched over 70,000 acres in far ...

Lightning started the Dragon Bravo Fire on July 4, 2025. The fire was burning in the ponderosa pine forest within the ...

Partial blue skies in the morning allowed many park visitors to ignore fires on the North Rim. By afternoon, ashfall made for ...

Grand Canyon National Park's North Rim is closed for the remainder of the 2025 season due to a wildfire that has destroyed ...

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs arrived at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon July 19 for an in-person update on the Dragon Bravo Fire. Flames have consumed more than 11,000 acres and many ...

The Grand Canyon has four compass-pointed rims — north, east, south, and west. The East Rim is best known for Horseshoe Bend, a stunning meander near the small town of Page, and one of the most ...

Preparation is key Fewer than 1% of visitors to the Grand Canyon hike the rim-to-rim trail each year, according to the National Park Service.

To be more specific, Grand Canyon National Park lurks 215 miles to the north of the Arizona capital Phoenix – but closer, in crow-flies terms, to another, more fabled US city.