Havasupai Garden Campground

Havasupai Garden (IG) Campground lies nestled between canyon walls about 4.6 miles and 2/3rds of the way to the bottom of the Grand Canyon along the Bright Angel Trail. Tall cottonwood trees and moderate amounts of shrubby vegetation between campsites provide some privacy. Shrubby vegetation also provides some privacy from hikers and mule trains on the Bright Angel Trail, but hikers might want to choose sites higher on the hillside away from the trail. Backpackers reserve a space, but not a specific site, with their overnight permit, so hikers arriving late might find few choices.

There are about 30 campsites, and each has a covered picnic table, a pole for hanging backpacks out or reach of ground squirrels, and a metal ammo "food storage" boxes or two for storing food and other items that the critters might want to taste. Composting toilets are located at the south and north ends of the campground, and a couple of water faucets are scattered about.

Link to map or official NPS website.

A ranger station (with outdoor "self rescue" supplies) and emergency phone is located at the south edge of the campground.

Day hike destinations include Plateau Point with panoramic views of the Colorado River.

When hiking down to the campground, hikers see the ranger station and then arrive at a trail junction to the left that leads into the camp area. A few yards down this trail, hikers find another trail junction. To the left, a short trail leads back to the ranger station, straight ahead a short trail leads to the nearby composting toilets, and the right leads down into the campground.

When hiking up to the campground, hikers pass the day-use area and then arrive at a trail junction to the right that leads into the camp area. A few 10s of yards up this trail, hikers arrive in the lower end of the campground. A composting toilet sits on the hillside to the right and the camps are spread out ahead on both sides of the campground trail.