Arizona · Grand Canyon National Park

Ribbon Falls

70 mi from Flagstaff · ~2.0 hr drive

No height recorded

Ribbon Falls is a named waterfall in Arizona — about 70 miles from Flagstaff, AZ. Full visit details below.

State
Arizona
Nearest city
Flagstaff, AZ · 70 mi · ~2.0 hr drive
Elevation
5,659 ft (1725 m)
Listed as
Tourist attraction (OpenStreetMap)
County
Coconino
From Wikipedia: The North Kaibab Trail is a hiking trail in the North Rim side of the Grand Canyon, in Grand Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of Arizona. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on North Kaibab Trail, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About Grand Canyon National Park

National Park Service unit

Ribbon Falls is inside Grand Canyon National Park, a U.S. National Park managed by the National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published directly on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.

Entrance fee: $35 per vehicle. Per vehicle, valid 7 days, both rims. An America the Beautiful annual pass ($80) covers entrance to all NPS units and is worth it after ~3 park visits per year.

Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/grca/

Visiting Ribbon Falls

Trip planning

The exact location is at 36.1595°, -112.0556° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.

Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.

If you've visited Ribbon Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.

Stay nearby

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Other waterfalls within 30 miles

5 nearby

Sources

Public data

Location and tag data for Ribbon Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.