Pima Point

Best Time to Visit Pima Point

Benches and interpretive signage make it an easy, no-hike stop for sunset, when the wide panorama here shows especially well.

Trail Tips

• Hermit Creek's red-walled canyon and the site of the old Hermit Camp are visible below, reachable by the Hermit Trail switchbacking down Cope Butte.
• Remnants of a 1925 Fred Harvey Company cable tramway that once ran from this point down to Hermit Camp are still visible — said to be the longest single-span tram ever built in the U.S.
• The broad, eroded plateau of the Cataract Plains stretches to the west.

Getting to Pima Point

Pima Point is served by the free park shuttle along Hermit Road in summer, or you can walk out along the Rim Trail from Hermits Rest or Grand Canyon Village.

What to Expect at Pima Point

Pima Point sits at the far western end of Hermit Road on the South Rim, and it rewards the extra distance with one of the widest panoramas on the drive — more than 40 miles of canyon stretching from Bright Angel Canyon in the east out to Powell Plateau and the Great Scenic Divide in the west. On a quiet day you can actually hear Granite Rapids churning on the Colorado River far below, and a stretch of the river itself is visible from the overlook.