Anyone have suggestions of a bike friendly hotel on the way to the Grand Canyon? Will be riding with a small group from California to Phoenix with a overnighter at the Grand Canyon. I've heard that some hotels will let you park over night under the awning closest to the check in counter where its well lit.
most rooms have parking right outside the door ( in this type scenario...don't leave your key fob on the table just inside the door)
clean, cheapish and probably the best food in town...the "cowboy cook-out" places are tourist traps and suck mightily....there is also a dennys in town.
from there backtrack South to Williams, West a bit to Ash Fork and then through Chino Valley to Prescott, then continue on 89 to Wickenberg ...then into PHX.
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if your route takes you leaving Tusayan and riding the South Rim, you'll come out by Cameron, North of Flagstaff.
Run down thru Flagstaff and I17 is the fast way to PHX.
Better, take 89A down oak creek canyon to Sedona.
you can stay on 89a through cottonwood and jerome...prescott etc.
or from any of those town run East and pick up i17.
all depends on what you do and how long a day you want to make of it.
AZ has some wonderful riding in the North part of the State ( there is a nice piece of Route 66 runs from Kingman to Seligman), lots of piney woods and twisties.
be aware of climate- Flag is at 7000 feet so usually 20º cooler than PHX.
Stay hydrated!
Did the Grand Canyon trip a few years ago. Mapped out my route and went to one of the cheap hotels website and reserved rooms along the route did about 400 miles a day. All the rooms were nice. I wasn't a HOG member at the time. Once at the Canyon stayed at the Maswik Lodge in the park. They were sold out, but I was able to get reservations through one the Helicopter Tour companies. Wasn't required to take the tour. Great to stay at the Rim if you want to really explore. It snowed when I went in April.
Rode small highways, back roads, took my time (except the 90, 100 mph sweepers through the Vermilion Cliffs area), long scenic route. A great adventure and ride. If you want, I can PM you the route I took.
I'll be watching this thread as well because I'll be heading to Phoenix in early March and was planning rent a Harley for a couple days. Hope the weather is good for it that time of year...
We drove from Las Vegas to Phoenix last August and stayed at the North Rim. Several bikes there as well. We stayed 2 nights, so we had a whole day to see the sights. Wouldn't be the quickest route, but the sights are quite spectacular!
If you are going to go through the North Rim there is a town in Utah not far called Kanab (spelling may not be right). There are a couple motels there I stayed at the Best western and your bike is right in front of your room. The ride into the North Rim from there is awesome and then you backtrack and go down through the Vermilion Cliffs I loves that part of the ride,that takes you out and into Flagstaff.
01-15-2015, 10:57 PM
Grand canyon bike friendly hotels??
