Guides

Plan the Grand Canyon properly

Planning guides for the decisions that change your day at the Grand Canyon — which rim, which pass, and which way in.

A passenger train curving through ponderosa pines under a blue sky

How to Get to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas, Flagstaff and Phoenix

Driving, train, bus or tour to the Grand Canyon from Las Vegas, Flagstaff, Williams and Phoenix: which rim each route reaches, the distances, and how to get around once you arrive.

The stone Desert View Watchtower on the rim above the canyon

Grand Canyon Tickets and Prices: Entrance Fees, Passes and the West Rim

What it costs to enter Grand Canyon National Park in 2026, the $100 nonresident fee, annual and America the Beautiful passes, opening seasons, and the separate tickets for the West Rim, the Skywalk and the railway.

A helicopter parked on a red desert pad below Grand Canyon cliffs

Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours: South Rim, Las Vegas and West Rim Flights Compared

Grand Canyon helicopter flights from Tusayan, from Las Vegas and at the West Rim compared: what each one flies over, which ones land, the flight rules, and how a flight stacks up against the bus or the train.