About North Kaibab Ranger District
Welcome to the North Kaibab Ranger District! The district office is located in Fredonia, Arizona, 7 miles south of Kanab, Utah. The district encompasses most of the Kaibab Plateau, with the southern boundary bordering Grand Canyon National Park. A visitor center is located at Jacob Lake, 30 miles south and east of Fredonia at the junction of highways US 89A and AZ 67. Major John Wesley Powell, the famous explorer of the Colorado River, was the first in written record to apply the term “Kaibab” to the plateau. “Kaibab” is a Paiute Indian word meaning “mountain lying down.” Most of the Kaibab Plateau was withdrawn from the public domain in 1893 as part of the Grand Canyon Forest Reserve. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt created the Grand Canyon Game Preserve. This area included lands on both sides of the Grand Canyon and essentially all of the North Kaibab Ranger District. In 1908…
- Managed by: Kaibab National Forest, FS
- Where: 1 mi south of Fredonia, AZ · 36.94248, -112.52566
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Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–May & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Feb.
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Verizon 4G · AT&T 5G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is clear overhead but fades toward town glow.
Class 4 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Pipe Spring National Monument (Dark Sky Park), 1 mi.
Camps nearby
- WheelInn RV Park 0.5 mi
- Kaibab Paiute Tribe RV Park & Campground 13.2 mi
- Campsite · 22 mi SE of Fredonia 22.2 mi
- Campsite · 22 mi SE of Fredonia 22.7 mi
- Campsite · 23 mi SE of Fredonia 22.8 mi
- Campsite · 23 mi SE of Fredonia 23.1 mi