Hikes Grand Canyon / Marble Canyon Ken Patrick Trail

Ken Patrick Trail

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Location

How to Get There

This hike is located at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

From Jacob Lake, take US Highway 67 South towards the North rim of Grand Canyon National park. Once in the park, drive 9.5 miles to the signed junction with the Cape Royal road and Point Imperial and turn left (East). Drive 5.4 miles to the signed junction and turn left towards Point Imperial. The Point Imperial parking and trailhead is another 2.7 miles of driving.

The trail passes the Cape Royal Road about a mile from the junction of the Cape Royal road and the road to Point Imperial (if you make it that far).

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North Kaibab Trail Head

city

North Rim

state

country

USA

Region

Grand Canyon and Marble Canyon area

Hike details

Distance

3.00 [Miles] Round trip

Hike Distance- Details

3 miles one way to Cape Royal road... although the trail goes 10 miles total to the North Kaibab trailhead.

Time

2.00 [Hours]

Time-details

It took us two hours of hiking to go about half way and back track to the parking area. We turned back when the Mexican Locus got too thick.

Elevation Change

0 Total gain/loss [Feet]

Elevation Details

Not much

Hike Trail Type

Out and Back

Season

Best Season

May
June
July

Worst Season

January
February
December

Season Details

Summer

Date Hike completed

July 17, 2011

Solitudue

Solitude

High

Solitude Details

Excellent. We only saw two other hikers on this trail.

Difficulty

Difficulty Rating

Easy

difficulty detail

Be Aware of: $25 to enter the park (as of July 2011). Bushwhacking.

30 yr old Recommendation: This would be a great hike with some trail maintenance. Unfortunately, the Mexican Locus thorns prevent this hike from being very enjoyable to go all the way through. This is an Easy hike if you turn around when we did.

Permits

Be Aware of

$25 to enter the park (as of July 2011). Bushwhacking.

If a short, easy hike to some great views of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon appeals to you, this is your hike.

The Ken Patrick trail runs from Point Imperial all the way back to the North Kaibab trailhead. We planned on hiking the short three mile section from Point Imperial to the Cape Royal road. Unfortunately, there was a fire in this area. The result is that Mexican Locus bushes (with thorns) have encroached on the trail and it becomes a miserable and painful bushwhack. Until then, the views of mount Hayden are particularly impressive and you can see marble canyon and Nankoweap canyon from the trail.

We hiked about half way before the bushwhacking persuaded us to turn around. Someday the park service will get around to clearing out this trail again. We will wait patiently for that day.

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