Day Hike To Indian Garden Grand Canyon
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Day hike to indian garden grand canyon. Zigzag your way down 3,195 feet on nearly 100 switchbacks to indian garden, an oasis smudged into a crease in the canyon wall. Plateau point ( is 1.5 miles from indian garden and a makes a nice day hike (from indian garden) with excellent panoramic views of the colorado river. Indian garden to the south rim (5 miles):
Another interesting day hike from indian garden is to take the tonto trail eastward to pipe spring. The best destination for day hikers is a roaring springs where water pours from the cliffs to form bright angel creek. We also spent 30 minutes at phantom ranch and 30 minutes at indian garden, for a grand total of almost 11 hours.
Many havasupai native people used to live at indian garden and farmed the land there until the last was forced out by the park service in 1928. Hike the bright angel trail to plateau point in grand canyon. It’s very well maintained, safe, and spectacularly beautiful.
Like many people who visit the grand canyon, i went there with my parents, drove to an overlook, took a few pictures, and left. The campground sits at an elevation of 3,600 feet and has a lot of shade. Indian garden, grand canyon national park:
The trailhead is located next to a parking area off of grand canyon highway, 2 miles north of the visitor center. A pistol shot sounded 15. Hiking the grand canyon in one day, from rim to river and back again, is an extremely strenuous hike that should only be attempted outside of summer.
Minimum 4 hours recommended gear: As we walked further down, the canyon rim started to tower over us, getting higher and higher. 6,120 ft (3,060 ft in each direction) route finding: