Havasu Falls
Get your dialing fingers ready: Reservations for 2019 stays at Havasupai Lodge, the only indoor lodging option (the other lodging is a campground) near Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon, open Friday, June 1.
Grand Canyon National Park Lodges is switching from a telephone to an online system, but you'll still have to plan 15 months in advance.
The new state park lodging options have special intro rates through October.
The coveted permits to explore the Havasupai area of the Grand Canyon go quickly.
Campers have fled Havasupai Campground and will be helicoptered out of the Grand Canyon, reports say.
The Prescott, Coconino, and part of the Kaibab National Forests are toughening fire rules in response to high-risk conditions.
All park and concessionaire services will be operational on opening day.
Warm, dry weather means winter closures are lifting across the national forests.
Remote sites near the Grand Canyon's North Rim are now open for reservations.
Three Prescott National Forest sites back in business this week.
