where to stay in south rim grand canyon?
Grand Canyon South Rim Ranger's Dormitory
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 Callaway Gardens , in western Georgia , is a family resort . The area is also popular with golfers . 

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 In 1931 , President Herbert Hoover annexed an adjoining area south of the park , and in 1942 an additional 635 acres ( 257 ha ) was added . This brought the park 's total area to the current figure of 35 @,@ 835 acres ( 14 @,@ 502 ha ) . Rim Road , the scenic drive that is still used today , was completed in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps . Administration of the park was conducted from neighboring Zion National Park until 1956 , when Bryce Canyon 's first superintendent started work . 

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 Between late spring and early fall , much of the park can be accessed for multiple @-@ day backpacking trips . All overnight trips into the back country require a wilderness permit and most require approved bear @-@ resistant food storage . 

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 Most park visitors sightsee using the scenic drive , which provides access to 13 viewpoints over the amphitheaters . Bryce Canyon has eight marked and maintained hiking trails that can be hiked in less than a day ( round trip time , trailhead ) : Mossy Cave ( one hour , State Route 12 northwest of Tropic ) , Rim Trail ( 5 – 6 hours , anywhere on rim ) , Bristlecone Loop ( one hour , Rainbow Point ) , and Queens Garden ( 1 – 2 hours , Sunrise Point ) are easy to moderate hikes . Navajo Loop ( 1 – 2 hours , Sunset Point ) and Tower Bridge ( 2 – 3 hours , north of Sunrise Point ) are moderate hikes . Fairyland Loop ( 4 – 5 hours , Fairyland Point ) and Peekaboo Loop ( 3 – 4 hours , Bryce Point ) are strenuous hikes . Several of these trails intersect , allowing hikers to combine routes for more challenging hikes . 

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 The people of the Glades culture inhabited the Biscayne Bay region as early as 10 @,@ 000 years ago before rising sea levels filled the bay . The Tequesta people occupied the islands and shoreline from about 4 @,@ 000 years before the present to the 16th century , when the Spanish took possession of Florida . Reefs claimed ships from Spanish times through the 20th century , with more than 40 documented wrecks within the park 's boundaries . While the park 's islands were farmed during the 19th and early 20th centuries , their rocky soil and periodic hurricanes made agriculture difficult to sustain . In the early 20th century the islands became secluded destinations for wealthy Miamians who built getaway homes and social clubs . Mark C. Honeywell 's guesthouse on Boca Chita Key was the area 's most elaborate private retreat , featuring a mock lighthouse . The Cocolobo Cay Club was at various times owned by Miami developer Carl G. Fisher , yachtsman Garfield Wood , and President Richard Nixon 's friend Bebe Rebozo , and was visited by four United States presidents . The amphibious community of Stiltsville was established in the 1930s in the shoals of northern Biscayne Bay , taking advantage of its remoteness from land to offer offshore gambling and alcohol during Prohibition . Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959 , Elliott Key was used as a training ground for infiltrators into Fidel Castro 's Cuba by the Central Intelligence Agency and by Cuban exile groups . 
