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Park Shuttle Service

The National Park Service provides a free shuttle from Tusayan to key points inside Grand Canyon National Park. Guests at Red Feather Lodge can leave cars at the lodge and make the easy walk to the shuttle stop. On holidays and busy weekends, visitors driving into the park can expect waits of an hour or more to get through the park entrance. Parking lots often fill up as early as 11 am. Ride the shuttle to avoid these hassles.

The Park Service provided this information about the shuttle:

Grand Canyon, Ariz. – The National Park Service (NPS) will again offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan in 2020. In anticipation of large spring break crowds, the route will begin on Sunday, March 1st and run until September 27th. The Tusayan Route will run at 20-minute intervals between 8 am and 9:30 pm daily.

Visitors must have a valid park pass, including lifetime or annual passes, to board the shuttle in Tusayan. Red Feather guests can purchase park passes at the front desk , leave their car in the parking lot and avoid the challenge of finding a parking space inside the National Park.

The first bus into the park leaves Tusayan at 8 am from the IMAX Theater. The first bus from the park to Tusayan departs the Grand Canyon Visitor Center at 8:25 am. The last buses leave IMAX at 9:45 pm and Grand Canyon Visitor Center at 9:30 pm each night.

You can purchase your park pass at the lobby which gives you access to the free shuttle

Shuttle buses make the following stops in Tusayan:

· IMAX Theater
· Best Western Grand Canyon Squire Inn
· The Grand Hotel
· Big E Steakhouse and Saloon
After making four stops in Tusayan, the shuttle bus heads to the Grand Canyon Visitor Center, where visitors can access trails, scenic viewpoints, and the free in-park shuttle bus system. Green stripes and NPS arrowheads make all Grand Canyon National Park shuttle buses easily identifiable. Buses are wheelchair accessible, fueled with clean-burning compressed natural gas, and have bike racks that can hold up to three bicycles.
In 2018, there were approximately 221,000 boardings on the Tusayan Route, which represents a reduction of about 37,000 vehicles entering the park. Last year, there were approximately 7.5 million boardings on the park’s shuttle system, representing a reduction of about 2.5 million short in-park vehicle trips.

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Former Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Christine Lehnertz said of the service, “We are pleased to provide this service to park visitors and local residents. Riding the shuttles helps protect resources, reduces crowding on park roadways, and reduces our carbon footprint. We hope visitors and residents will continue to use and enjoy the Tusayan Route this year.”
Additional shuttle bus information is available online at www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/shuttle-buses.htm. Find parking and road conditions on Twitter @GrandCanyonNPS. And for real-time traffic updates, check out the South Entrance Station webcam at https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm.