If you want to explore the North Rim, this is the best...and only...campground in the park. Otherwise, there is Demotte or dispersed camping outside the park. You can roll out of bed and be looking at the Canyon or on the trail to the lodge in a few minutes from this campground. Or a quick walk on the Transept Trail gets you to the North Kaibab Trail in 15 minutes. There is a trailhead for the Ken Patrick Trail (with a cutoff to the Uncle Jim Trail) over that way. You'll have to drive to the Widforss Trail but it's worth it.

We camped on 4 sites in 5 nights. Why? This place gets booked solid way ahead of time, and we don't do that kind of planning. When we decided we wanted to get to the North Rim on opening day (5/15), I started stalking recreation.gov. That was early May. I quickly got sites for 5/15 and then 5/18 for 2 nights. People cancel! By the time we got to the park, I had secured a site for 5/17. Then we got 5/16 on a walkup. We would have gone out to Demotte or dispersed camping if we hadn't gotten the 16th. Only frustrating part is that there are empty sites EVERY night. Not everyone cancels when their plans change!

Anyway....great campground! Showers and laundry are up at the entrance. Showers got dirty fast but they clean a couple times each day. There are bathrooms and water throughout the park. The store has ice and beer with good prices for craft beer. Those are essentials but there are other things at the store.

Wifi is kinda iffy. It's best up by the store. And it's better in the early morning.

Campground is so quiet because everyone is exhausted from an active day!