Mather Campground — Grand Canyon National Park
Johnny S.
Reviewed Jun. 8, 2022

For “car camping” it’s great!

I’ve camped here at least 30 times over the past 20 years, and at all times of the year. Sites are always clean. Bonus times are when giant elk just wander through the campground.

While you get to choose your site (do it WAY ahead of time during busy months) you can also score a last minute site most of the time as people often cancel. All sites have picnic tables and fire pits. Restrooms and drinking water are scattered all over the entire campground.

When reserving be sure to view proximity to restrooms and dumpsters as that can be noisy(ier) at all hours. At some points in the dry fire season you cannot have an open flame fire (aka no wood burning) but you CAN have a propane gas fire pit/unit.

Also, it’s only about 1.25 miles to the rim so you can camp, hike over to Bright Angel Trailhead, do your thing and have a reasonable “warmdown” returning to the campground.
The showers near the CG entrance are a bit old-school ($2 or $2.50 for 5 minutes and there’s a change machine as well as laundry washers/dryers. It’s usually nice and warm water.

Overall I love this place. If you’re not doing dispersed camping, this is the next best thing. Highly recommend!

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  • Review photo of Mather Campground — Grand Canyon National Park by Johnny S., June 8, 2022