14-07-2025
Where is Grand Canyon Lodge? What to know about the North Rim hotel destroyed by fire
The Grand Canyon Lodge, which burned in the Dragon Bravo Fire over the weekend of July 12-13, was on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the more remote and less visited part of the national park.
The lodge opened in June 1937 and was the only hotel inside Grand Canyon National Park boundaries on the North Rim.
It had a limestone façade that was sourced nearby, and massive ponderosa pine trees were turned into support beams to hold up a sloped roof capable of supporting heavy loads of snow, according to the National Park Service.
The lodge was built on the foundation of an earlier lodge that burned down in a fire, and it reused many of the original's materials.
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Grand Canyon National Park has two main hubs for visitors, one on the North Rim, where Grand Canyon Lodge stood, and one on the South Rim, which is more developed and includes several historic structures, including El Tovar, a hotel that opened in 1905.
Although the rim-to-rim hike between the developed areas of the North Rim and South Rim is roughly 21 miles, the drive between the two spots is about 220 miles.
The North Rim is at a higher elevation, over 8,000 feet, than the South Rim, which averages about 7,000 feet above sea level. The higher elevation means the vegetation is different, and the temperatures are generally cooler.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim: Where wildfire destroyeds historic hotel
