Park overview · GRCA

Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon National Park: National Park in AZ.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

Grand Canyon National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit in Arizona (NPS unit code GRCA), with a year-round South Rim, a seasonal North Rim, and an inner-canyon corridor that runs dramatically hotter than the rim. The park recorded 4,430,653 recreation visits in 2025 and runs a 5-year mean of 4,669,660 annual visits. The busiest month is July and the quietest is January; South Rim winter visits run quiet not because the rim closes but because cold weather and short daylight shape the experience. This page is the navigation anchor for Grand Canyon coverage on this site: the best-time-to-visit pillar covers month-by-month crowd, weather, North Rim access (including the 2026 post-fire recovery posture), and inner-canyon heat safety; the visitation page covers the long-run annual chart.

Grand Canyon on this site.

Grand Canyon National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit designated as a National Park, located in AZ (NPS unit code GRCA). For when to go, what each month looks like, and the access calendar, follow the best-time-to-visit page. For the long-run visitation history and the disruption events that shaped recent years, follow the visitation page.

Park data card

FieldValue
DesignationNational Park
StateAZ
NPS unit codeGRCA
Latest annual visits (2025)4,430,653
5-year mean annual visits4,669,660
Busiest month (5-yr mean)July
Quietest month (5-yr mean)January

Month by month

Methodology

Identity, designation, and coordinates come from the official NPS unit page. Annual recreation visits, busiest month, and quietest month are computed from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025 on NPS IRMA Stats. This hub does not duplicate the per-month editorial that lives on the best-time page or the year-by-year chart that lives on the visitation page; follow those links for the deep view. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

Independence

Independent site. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service. Data comes from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025; editorial analysis is ours. The NPS Arrowhead and other NPS marks are not used.

Last updated · 2026-05-17