Tusayan

My friend and I stayed just off Forest Service Road 302. If you go down that road there are smaller roads leading off that lead to campsites with established fire pits. It’s awesome because it’s free. No other amenities besides the fire pit but you are pretty close to Tusayan if you need food or gas! Plus it’s very close to the Grand Canyon making for an easy trip to the park! We had a car and two tents but there were other people with RV’s! It was cold so pack some blankets! The bad part is we were woken up every so often by cars coming down that road, or sirens or things like that because the road is very close to the highway. It was hard to sleep because of the lights and sounds. Maybe if you venture further back, farther from the road it would be okay.

Such a great spot! We camped just off the 306 “unnamed” road. PLENTY of spots available, and perfectly able to be away from any other campers. We had a camper shell on our truck, so it’s higher profile and it’s tougher to get into spots that we’ve never been to before, this was awesome!

The other reviews here have said it well, this is not a developed campground so you need to bring everything you need (including water) as if you were backpacking but you just camp next to the car. We went here in fall and there were quite a few other cars but everyone kept to themselves and it was a nice change from the bustle of the standard national park campgrounds. Really convenient to the south rim, maybe 20 minute “commute” to the rim :)