Campground Overview:
Tuweep Campground provides an opportunity for an uncrowded, rustic, and remote experience. Access is challenging and demands skill at negotiating difficult roadways. Summer brings monsoonal rain and lightning. Winter includes rain, snow, and freezing temperatures. be ready for quickly changing conditions. At 3,000 vertical feet above the Colorado River, the sheer drop from Toroweap Overlook offers a dramatic view. The volcanic cinder cones and lava flows in this ancestral home of the Southern Paiute people make this area unique.
Campsites:
There are nine small campsites for one to six people with a maximum of two vehicles, including motorcycles, and one large group campsite for seven to eleven people with a maximum of four vehicles, including motorcycles.
- Campers must arrive by sunset.
- Fires and charcoal grills prohibited. Fossil fuel stoves allowed.
- Picnic tables and composting toilets provided.
- No water available.
- Vehicles and vehicle combinations longer than 22 feet (6.7 m) are prohibited. This is the total length from end to end, including anything towed.
- Store all food and garbage in a vehicle. Pack out all trash.
- Seven night limit. Affiliated groups are limited to one campsite.
- Stock animals not permitted.
Staying at the campground offers the perfect opportunity to experience sunsets, sunrises, and the amazing stars in-between. You will feel the special silence offered and be free from day-use traffic. Advance permits are required for camping and overnight use at Tuweep Campground and in all backcountry use areas. Obtain a permit at https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/backcountry-permit.htm. Permits cannot be issued on location. Camping is prohibited on the land adjacent to the park and at the airstrip.
Campground at a Glance
Level: |
Semi-Developed |
Season: |
Year-Round |
Nearby City: |
Page |
Fishing: |
None |
Campground Website: |
Tuweep Campground-Grand Canyon National Park |
Campground Map: |
Click Here |
Reservations: |
Backcountry Permit Required |
Location: |
Nearby Attractions and Activities:
Toroweap Overlook: Dramatically different than other Grand Canyon viewpoints, Toroweap Overlook peers out over an abrupt gorge set in a broad corridor 3,000 feet below the rim. Eight, million-year-old lava flows and conical black cinder cones stud the landscape. Walk to the edge for a breath-taking experience. To the west, view the largest rapid on nearly 300 miles of the park’s Colorado River. Listen carefully for the roar of the river or the faint sounds from boaters below. To the east, enjoy dramatic views. (Click here for Tuweep Vicinity Map)
Tuweep Hiking Trails: Two established hiking trails can be accessed from Tuweep. Their trailheads are signed and cairns (piles of rock) mark their path. Plan ahead for your hike and remember that shade is scarce and water non-existent. All trails are closed to pets, bicycles, and vehicles.
Tuckup Trail: The Tuckup Trail gives hikers a spectacular taste of Esplanade slick-rock on a former prospector’s path. Follow the trail 3 miles (5 km) to Cove Canyon and experience an inner-canyon day hike rewarded with endless views. Access the Tuckup Trailhead north of Tuweep Campground or, if camping, from site 10.
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument Arizona is one of the most remote and beautiful regions in the lower 48 states. Visitors who are prepared and equipped to explore the stunning landscape find that a trip into the Parashant is truly a journey into the wild. Visitors must be prepared to leave pavement and cell service behind. A high clearance 4×4 vehicle with off-pavement tires is strongly recommended to handle the rocky roads.
Parashant Wilderness Areas– The Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument encompasses four wilderness areas: Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness, Paiute Wilderness, Mt. Trumbull Wilderness, and Mt. Logan Wilderness. These areas have been set aside for “solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation,” as well as “ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.” They also provide habitat for wildlife and plants, including endangered and threatened species.
Grand Canyon National Park. The park is one of the most popular National Parks in America with more than five million visitors each year. The history of the Grand Canyon goes back approximately six million years, with the Colorado River being the focal point of its creation. Over these millions of years, the Colorado River slowly eroded the land beneath it forming the spectacularly deep canyon that we all know today. Grand Canyon National Park- North Rim, (Park Map) is home to much of the immense Grand Canyon, with its layered bands of red rock revealing millions of years of geological history. The drive to Cape Royal is a scenic drive along the North Rim. Viewpoints along the ride include Point Imperial, Roosevelt Point, Walhalla Overlook, and ends at Cape Royal.