North Rim Campground (AZ)

Beautiful campground with stunning views of the Grand Canyon. Not crowded, quiet. Campsites are spacious. General store is great, employees are helpful. What a wonderful stay we had!!

This is a favorite of ours. There was no water this time because of the fire last year, but there were plenty of portable toilets and we brought in enough water. There weren't too many campers here and all of the trails were closed but it was a peaceful 5 days.

No water anywhere on the North Rim because of the fire, but otherwise it was a great visit. Nice campground, nice people, great.

The scenery was amazing and the services were more than adequate at the limited level, and the limited number of people added to the overall experience

My stay at North Rim Campground was a disappointing experience. Originally reserving site 14, listed as premium site with canyon views, upon arrival realized the site wouldn't work well for my setup. No privacy or trees, and far too large. Ok, no problem I thought. I went to the building with the sign out front reading "Campground Registration" and explained my situation to the young lady behind the desk. She said there was nothing she could do about it; I'd have to go on-line, cancel my reservation and book a new one. I asked her where she thought I could find a cell signal to do so and she basically said good luck. I finally found a signal and was able to book site 13, directly across from 14. But because it was the day of my arrival I was unable to cancel site 14 reservation on recreation.gov. OK... I'll eat the cost and book a new site. I attempted to use my Senior Lifetime Park's Pass for the discount but the system wouldn't allow me because I already had a site booked using the discount - that I couldn't cancel, because it was the day of check in. OK... first world problems. I booked site 13 which worked better for my particular setup, while 14 sat empty and unusable across the road.
Unfortunately the worst was yet to come.
After my second day out exploring Point Imperial and Cape Royal, I returned to camp to find all of my belongings gone. The maintenance kid thought someone had cached their stuff (water, tarp, stove) and hauled it off like trash in his van. He had no way of knowing the site was still reserved for another night - and that yes, I had cached my stuff there for the day rather than haul it around with me because I had one more night - that I'd paid dearly for because of the woefully inadequate recreation.gov system.
A system that doesn't provide campground employees more information so they can actually help campers is a bad system. Add no water, toilets or services due to last year's fire and sadly, you get 1 star. At best.

I am so very grateful to the staff of the North Rim for opening the campground after last years fire. Thank you for all of your hard work! I love the North Rim!!!

This campground is very nice, and beautiful. I am so happy the it wasn't deviored by the fires that were very close.

Because of the inclement bad weather my scheduled camping days I was not able to access the campground as the road was washed out. Severe thunderstorms and rain the days I scheduled to camp. Thank you. Jerome Celski

It is so beautiful up there. Even though there was a large fire up there last year it did not destroy all the trees in fact most of the trees remain and the ones that burned near the edge of the canyon has opened up the views of the canyon. The staff at the store in the campground were welcoming and the campground was clean and quiet. It rained while I was there and the sounds of rain on a camper is so peaceful. The forest smelled so beautiful after the rain. I look forward to camping there next summer again

Campground was clean and not as crowded as I expected. Signs saying that roads or attractions being closed would be helpful. 2 days and not able to see most lookouts. Opened 3 day but to late for me