National park · 17 of 108 trails

The easiest hikes in Grand Canyon National Park, by the numbers

Of the 108 trails in Grand Canyon National Park in our dataset, 17 (16 percent) rate easiest on the gain-and-distance scale we use, run 1 to 6 miles and climb 500 ft or less; all 17 are listed here, lowest rating first.

Village Loop has the lowest rating: 63 ft of gain over 1.1 miles, 57 ft per mile.

Across the 17, gain runs from 63 to 454 ft and distance from 1 mile to 3.2 miles; the median gain is 258 ft and the median distance 2 miles.

17 of the 17 are point-to-point routes.

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#	Trail	Miles	Gain (ft)	Ft per mile	Max grade	Elevation (ft)	Rating
1	Village LoopFlagstaff and Northern AZ	1.1	63	57	6%	6,826 to 6,887	11.8
2	Shoshone PointFlagstaff and Northern AZ	1	99	99	28%	7,200 to 7,297	14.1
3	Saddle Horse LoopFlagstaff and Northern AZ	1.1	100	91	8%	4,473 to 4,581	14.8
4	Elves ChasmFlagstaff and Northern AZ	1.2	109	91	8%	2,160 to 2,237	16.2
5	Plateau PointFlagstaff and Northern AZ	1.5	102	68	11%	3,696 to 3,787	17.5
6	River TrailFlagstaff and Northern AZ	1.2	147	123	24%	2,462 to 2,565	18.8
7	Bridle TrailFlagstaff and Northern AZ	2	198	99	13%	8,181 to 8,335	28.1
8	Nankoweap Delta	1.6	312	195	22%	2,781 to 3,018	31.6
9	TranseptFlagstaff and Northern AZ	2.1	265	126	12%	8,138 to 8,338	33.4
10	Uncle Jim TrailFlagstaff and Northern AZ	2.6	227	87	18%	8,256 to 8,454	34.4
11	Granite NarrowsFlagstaff and Northern AZ	1.4	454	324	41%	2,077 to 2,492	35.7
12	Village GreenwayFlagstaff and Northern AZ	2.5	258	103	5%	6,833 to 7,095	35.9
13	Point ImperialFlagstaff and Northern AZ	2.7	278	103	12%	8,758 to 8,892	38.7
14	Cape Final	2.1	380	181	36%	7,668 to 8,048	39.9
15	Walhalla ConnectorFlagstaff and Northern AZ	2.9	342	118	17%	8,037 to 8,246	44.5
16	Ariel PointFlagstaff and Northern AZ	3.2	319	100	9%	7,941 to 8,244	45.2
17	Tuckup TrailFlagstaff and Northern AZ	3.1	373	120	9%	4,357 to 4,655	48.1

How this list is ranked

Rating = the square root of 2 x elevation gain (ft) x distance (miles), the gain-and-distance formula Shenandoah National Park publishes for its own trails. Bands: under 50 easiest, 50 to 100 moderate, 100 to 150 moderately strenuous, 150 to 200 strenuous, 200 and over very strenuous.

This list: band easiest (under 50), 1 to 6 miles, no more than 500 ft of gain, ordered by rating asc, miles asc, capped at 25. The rating column is computed from the miles and gain printed in the same row, the numbers each trail page uses, so every row can be checked from the row itself. The rating says nothing about exposure, scrambling, altitude or conditions.

Only trails with a full page count, so "Grand Canyon National Park" here means the 108 trails in Grand Canyon National Park in our dataset, not every trail in Grand Canyon National Park.

Each trail page shows the full elevation profile behind these numbers and the same data drawn as a topographic print, made to order. Start with Village Loop.

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