Two good reasons to visit Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, April 21: One, it's a designated fee-free day. And two, the park is holding an Earth Day celebration with sustainability exhibits an a biofuels demo.
Entrance fees are waived at national parks and some national forest sites November 11 and 12.
Parts of the Tonto, Coronado, and Prescott National Forests will waive fees for National Get Outdoors Day, June 9.
Saturday's fee-free day honors Cesar E. Chavez Day.
The free buses run every 20 minutes daily between the national park and the gateway town.
Fees will be waived at a number of day-use sites for the holiday.
All park and concessionaire services will be operational on opening day.
Entrance fees are waived at national parks November 11 and 12 for Veterans Day.
The South Rim announced water shutoffs until the Transcanyon Waterline storage tanks can be replenished.
Tim Freriks's completion of the Rim to Rim route in less than 2 hours, 40 minutes claims the "fastest known time" title.
