- City:
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Site Type:
- Paths and Trails, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Conservation and Public Lands, Work Relief Programs, National Park Service (NPS)
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work in Grand Canyon National Park from 1933 to 1942. Among its trail development work, the CCC constructed the Ribbon Falls Trail.
The National Park Service’s CCC Walking Tour says: “More challenging projects [undertaken by the CCC] included a number of inner canyon trails. The Ribbon Falls Trail, a half-mile (0.8 km) spur off the North Kaibab Trail, still leads hikers to a beautiful waterfall.”
The trail is approximately 2.7 miles south of the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim, as the crow flies.
Source notes
CCC Walking Tour:
"The Civilian Conservation Corps: A Legacy Preserved at Grand Canyon Village," by the National Park Service.
https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/upload/CCC-Walking-Tour-GRCA.pdf
https://content.library.arizona.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/NewDeal/id/184/rec/18
https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/historyculture/ccc.htm
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 29, 2022.
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