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Grand Canyon National Park Grapevine Creek
Grapevine Creek is an at large camping area in the primitive zone of Grand Canyon National Park, recommended for highly experienced Grand Canyon Hikers . Do your part to practice Leave No Trace in this very special remote area. Bury solid human waste at least 200' from water in a shallow cat hole 4-6 deep and 4-6 wide. Pack out what you bring in. This includes used toilet paper.
Some hikers use Grapevine use area (BH9) as a middle night during a traverse from the Grandview Trailhead to the South Kaibab Trailhead along the Tonto Plateau. Grapevine Canyon is an enormous side canyon and a wonderful place to explore. Grapevine Creek is considered a perennial water source.
Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock in the midcoast region, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and Machias Seal Island and Petit Manan Island off the downeast coast provide habitat for more than 4,000 puffins each summer.