“come lie beneath tall canopies of Ponderosa PIne”
Mather Campground is located in Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. There are 327 sites. Each includes a campfire ring/cooking grate, picnic table, parking space and room for up to six people, three tents, and two vehicles. There are flush toilets and drinking water throughout the campground. No hookups are available, however there is a free dump station. Most RV spaces are pull-through. Pine loop is a tent-only area where generators are not permitted.
Reviews of Mather Campground - South Rim
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Cell Coverage
Verizon 4G/5G
Confirmed by 15 users | Last reported on November 02, 2023AT&T 4G/5G
Confirmed by 18 users | Last reported on November 02, 2023T-Mobile 4G/5G
Confirmed by 15 users | Last reported on March 23, 2024$18
Stayed here two nights in a row. There seem to be regular cancellations around spring break, but make sure that the ranger actually checks the computer to see if there are any open spots.
We stopped by in the morning around 9am to see if we could get another night and were told to make reservations 6 months in advance, but when we visited later at 11 to check out (a different ranger helped us) we were asked if we wanted to stay another night. We stayed and were shocked at how many empty campgrounds were there the second night, especially after being told that there were no vacancies! We saw at least 5 on the Juniper loop alone!
Maybe the first ranger was having a bad day?
Either way the grounds are awesome, running water and clean facilities. Deer and elk welcomed us both mornings, great time.
Great basic campground close to everything you could need. No complaints! Make sure you book plenty ahead if you want a spot, especially in the busy months!
We stayed at the Mather Campground for 2 nights. It was a nice campsite overall. There were some downsides like the sites being very close together, having to pay to shower and the site not having a soft surface to pitch the tent (small pebbles and rocks had been put there). The distance from the rim of the Canyon is awesome though. It took us about 20 min from the campground to walk to the rim (Mather Point). A great place to stay if you want to be within walking distance to the canyon.
Stayed for a night in mid April. Very clean and well kept campground. Nice large spots and clean restrooms.
Stayed here twice (as a walk-in tent camper and with a Jucy Camper). Location is the main advantage of this Campground. Sites are fairly close to each other but in a pine forest. Restrooms get busy, not a lot of showers for such a large campground, be prepared to wait and step in right after another person. If you plan to do some real hiking in and out of canyon and don't want to splurge on a hotel, this is the place to be as it is centrally located and close to major points within the park.
Great spot with very friendly staff and cheap prices! I did not have reservations but was very lucky to have scored the last spot of someone who left early. So you may want to make reservations so you are not left out in the cold. The shuttles do not allow pets, which sux because I was disabled and my dog had heart problems, also make sure you have change for the showers, they are two bucks but it gives you plenty of time to get done what you need to get done.
We stayed here because the campground with hookups was full but ended up loving it. It's a beautiful area, and it's not far from Mather Point, which is a great lookout spot. The bathrooms were clean but there's no soap so bring your own.
Reserve your campsite up to 6 months ahead of time.
We loved staying at Mather for four days to visit the Grand Canyon. The surrounding forest was filled with deer, elk, and birds, yet had enough breaks in the tree cover to allow for decent solar power generation on our portable panel during the day. We felt like we were in an isolated forest, even though we were in the middle of the busiest of the busy national parks. This is a great forest camping site, but the best part of the campground is being in the heart of the Grand Canyon hospitality complex -- there is a shuttle stop at the campground entrance, and the visitor center is within walking distance (about 1.2 miles away) -- although the campground is not on the canyon rim.
Like most NP campgrounds, there are no hookups, but the bathrooms were OK and water spigots were located throughout the campground. Our biggest complaint is that the campground loop roads and the parking spaces themselves are paved, but completely falling apart. We had trouble finding a configuration where we could get all our trailer wheels on the pavement because of the crumbling sides to our spot, and many were in even worse shape, with huge sections of pavement missing. With a little TLC, this could be a star of the NPS system!
We were on Juniper loop, toward the back of the campground, which was conveniently located near the greenway bike/walking trails. Like most national parks, cell service was nonexistent (at least on AT&T -- there was some roaming coverage).
Nightly Rate: $18.00
Days Stayed: 4
Site Number: 184
Cell Coverage Rating
AT&T
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Mather Campground - South Rim
Hours
- Sun - Sat: 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
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Parking
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Pets Allowed
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Restrooms
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Wifi
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Wheelchair Accessible
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Credit Cards Accepted
- Affiliation
- National park
- Back In RV Sites Count
- 15
- Check In
- 12:00 PM
- Check Out
- 11:00 AM
- Equestrian Sites Count
- 2
- Group Tent Sites Count
- 7
- Last Nightly Rate
- 18.0
- Longest Vehicle Length Reported
- 50.0
- Lowest Nightly Rate
- 8.0
- Max Length
- 30 ft
- Max Stay
- 7
- Sites Count
- 356
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Paved Sites
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Full Hookup
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Pull Through
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Tent Sites
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Dump Station
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Big Rigs
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Open Seasonally
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Age Restricted
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Back In RV Sites
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Boondock
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Cabin Sites
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Dispersed Sites
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Equestrian Sites
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Firewood
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Fulltime Residents
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Group Tent Sites
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Laundry
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Mobile Homes
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Permit Required
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Potable Water
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Propane
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Public Water
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Pull Through RV Sites
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Reservations
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RV Sites
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Sewer Hookup
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Showers
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Sites
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Standard Tent Sites
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Trailer Permitted
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Vehicle Wash Permitted
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Water Hookup
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Outdoor Seating
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