Grand Canyon Lodge (888/386-4383, www.foreverlodging.com) has more than 200 rooms, but they fill up quickly, so make reservations well in advance. Last-minute cancellations are possible—check at the lobby desk on your arrival. Grand Canyon Lodge is worth a visit wether or not you’ve managed to secure a room.

Rooms range from historic cabins to motel-style accommodations. All have private baths, and all are nonsmoking. No pets are allowed in the lodge buildings, including the guest cabins. Rates below are for single/double occupancy, tax not included. Additional adults are $10 each (no charge for children age 16 and under). Rollaway cots can be delivered to some rooms for $10, with no charge for cribs.

The nicest lodging option on the North Rim is definitely the stone-and-wood Western cabins east of the lodge, boasting shady porches complete with rocking chairs. The Craftsman-inspired cabins have two queen-size beds and a full bath ($146, $156 for a rim-view cabin). Note that the rim-view cabins, overlooking Bright Angel Canyon, book up to two years in advance.

On the west side of the lodge, some of the Frontier and Pioneer cabins overlook Transept Canyon. Ask when you check in, and you might be able to get a view cabin. Frontier cabins, with a double and single bed and a shower bath, can accommodate up to three people ($111). The larger Pioneer cabins, which can accommodate up to five, have two rooms, one with a double bed, the other with a double and a single, and a shared shower ($119, $129 with a rim view).

Motel-style rooms lack the atmosphere of the cabins, but have all the basics, with a queen bed and a shower ($107).