North Rim

Dragon Bravo Fire North Rim recovery (2025–2026)

What the July 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire destroyed on the North Rim, what BAER found, and what partial reopen looked like in the 2026 season.

Labeled illustration of a road-closure gate and boundary posts on a forest side road near a picnic area sign on the North Rim

Lindbergh Hill Landfill: a closed North Rim dump, and an open question

A gated old landfill near the North Rim Entrance Road is well documented; the hill it’s named for, and why, is not.

Labeled cutaway illustration of the Little Park bison capture corral showing fencing, a loading chute, and livestock trailers in a mountain meadow

Little Park: the North Rim's Bison Capture Corral

A closed North Rim meadow hides a livestock corral built to catch wild bison descended from a 1906 failed cattle-crossbreeding scheme.

Labeled illustration of a forest fire road leading to four corner posts marking a closed landfill boundary on the North Rim plateau

Marble Flats Landfill: the North Rim's quiet, closed old dump

Off a fire road near the Widforss Trail, a small closed landfill traces the North Rim’s slow, late build-out of its own utilities.

Illustration of a remote, forested North Rim firing range clearing behind a closed gate with a utility line running alongside the access road

North Rim Firing Range — The Same Closure, a Thinner Record

The North Rim’s own closed firing range, restricted under the same rule as the South Rim’s, with a much thinner public paper trail.

Labeled cutaway diagram of Roaring Springs feeding two pipelines, one gravity-fed south to the South Rim and one pumped north up to North Rim water tanks

North Rim Water Infrastructure — Roaring Springs, the Pipeline, and the 2025 Fire

The North Rim’s water comes from Roaring Springs via a 1960s pipeline. A 2025 wildfire destroyed the treatment plant; potable water is still out in 2026.

Cutaway illustration of Roaring Springs showing the cave intake, pumphouse, and pipe running down into Bright Angel Canyon

Roaring Springs: the Spring That Ran the Whole Park's Water

A North Rim spring that supplied all of Grand Canyon’s piped water for decades, staffed by a live-in caretaker for 33 years, now off-limits and mid-rebuild.