Tusayan Pueblo Site and Self-guiding Trail
in Arizona · centroid 58 mi from Flagstaff
Open April 2, through October 31, 2026 Thursdays through Mondays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tusayan Pueblo is located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Desert View and is a small Ancestral Pueblo village that was physically occupied approximately 800 years ago.
This thriving community created rooms, kivas, pottery, arrowheads and other household items which all still hold cultural significance to Indigenous people today. On days that the site is open, visitors can walk a relatively flat 0.1 mile (200 m) self-guiding trail around the site that includes a number of partial walls that outline several rooms and a circular kiva. The site also features a Native American Artisan Market with authentic and beautiful arts and crafts for sale, sponsored by Native Americans for Community Action (NACA).
Grand Canyon has been home to people for thousands of years. Considered sacred by many, this is a nurturing land, a place of spiritual and physical enrichment. Please respect this place as you would your own home.
- States
- Arizona
- Trail type
- National Park trail
- Centroid nearest city
- Flagstaff, AZ · 58 mi · ~1.7 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 36.0132°, -111.8661°
About Grand Canyon National Park
This trail is inside Grand Canyon National Park, a national park managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Entrance fee: $35 per vehicle (verify current rate on the park page). An America the Beautiful annual pass ($80) covers entrance to all NPS units.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/000/tusayan-ruin-trail.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Tusayan Pueblo Site and Self-guiding Trail and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Stay nearby
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Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.