Bright Angel Point
— — the rim that looks back across the canyon.
Not only on a wall.
“A narrow finger of Kaibab limestone reaching south from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, at about 8,250 feet. A half-mile paved path leaves the back porch of the Grand Canyon Lodge, drops along the ridge between Roaring Springs Canyon and the Transept, and ends at a railing above the inner gorge. The North Rim is open only mid-May through mid-October; the rest of the year snow closes the road.
Bright Angel Point, on ceramic.
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Bright Angel Point sits at 8,250 feet on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, in Coconino County, Arizona. The point juts south from the Kaibab Plateau between Roaring Springs Canyon and the Transept, both side canyons of Bright Angel Creek. A paved half-mile round-trip trail leaves the back porch of the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, completed in 1928 and rebuilt after a 1932 fire. The lodge and trail are reached by State Route 67, the only road in, open seasonally from Jacob Lake.
The rim is about 1,200 feet higher than the South Rim, and the air carries that difference. Ponderosa, spruce, and aspen line the approach; thunderstorm cells build over the Kaibab Plateau through July and August monsoon afternoons and roll south across the canyon. The temperature gap between rim and Phantom Ranch on the canyon floor often exceeds thirty degrees Fahrenheit on the same day. Lightning closes the exposed point regularly through midsummer; the National Park Service posts the daily forecast at the lodge entrance.
The North Rim is open mid-May through mid-October, weather-permitting at both ends of the season. SR-67 from Jacob Lake closes to wheeled traffic by December. The Grand Canyon Lodge holds the trailhead; standard park entrance fee applies and covers both rims for seven days. The paved trail to the point is short but exposed, with low rails and steep drops; the Park Service rates it easy but cautions against the cliffside. Sunset draws the largest crowd of the day to the railing.