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Bright Angel Lodge is a hotel complex at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Designed by architect Mary Jane Colter , the lodge is a complex of cabins around a central lodge building, directly on the edge of the canyon.
The Anschutz Company bought Xanterra from JMB in 2008. [8] Xanterra specializes in tourism in U.S. National Parks, and has a presence in Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain, as well as Mount Rushmore National Memorial. They are contracted by the US National Park Service to provide lodging and services in these parks ...
Maswik Lodge Cafeteria / Lounge in October 2018. Maswik Lodge is a lodge in Grand Canyon National Park that is run by Xanterra Parks & Resorts. [1] It is named after a Hopi Kachina figure said to watch over the Grand Canyon. [1] Maswik Lodge is located about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. [1]
The hotel is a major component of the Grand Canyon Village Historic District, which encompasses the historic portions of the South Rim development, including visitor attractions designed by Mary Colter, the Bright Angel Lodge and significant Park Service support facilities, typically designed in a consistent rustic style.
Over on the North Rim (an almost four-hour drive from the South Rim), the Grand Canyon Lodge and the North Rim Campground are both open; the campground closes for the season on October 15.
The trail originates at Grand Canyon Village on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, descending 4380 feet to the Colorado River. It has an average grade of 10% along its entire length. At trail's end, the River Trail continues another 1.9 miles to the Bright Angel Campground and Phantom Ranch. These two trails combined are the most common method ...
The Grand Canyon Lodge is a hotel and cabins complex at Bright Angel Point on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, who designed a number of other hotels in national parks for the Utah Parks Company and other concessioners. Built in 1927–28, the Grand Canyon Lodge resort complex consists of the Main ...
The watchtower was the last of the series of Mary Colter-designed visitor concession structures at the Grand Canyon until her renovation of the Bright Angel Lodge in 1935. The tower was designed to resemble an Ancestral Puebloan watchtower, but its size dwarfs any known Pueblan-built tower.