Big Springs Cabin Site
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- Sites
- 7All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 15 notices
In the agency’s own words
Big Springs is on the National Register of Historic Places and has been used since the 1800s, first by homesteaders and later the Forest Service. The complex consists of seven rental cabins, dining hall, shower house, group kitchen, a historic office, and several administrative structures. Keep reading
Recreation
Big Springs Cabins are located on Forest Road 22. This road provides easy access to scenic overlooks of the Grand Canyon and other points of interest on the forest. The site is a perfect base camp for day hikes or drives on the Kaibab Plateau and for group retreats in the cool pines.
Facilities
While Big Springs serves as an active administrative site for the U.S. Forest Service, the rental cabins available to the public are in a discrete location separated from the administrative structures. Individual cabins vary in occupancy from two to four people per cabin and include use of the shared shower house, fully furnished kitchen, dining room, and living room. There are toilets and showers on site, but not in the cabins. There are no laundry facilities. There are seven cabins. Cabins 1 - 6 each have two twin-size beds and one full-size bed. Cabin 7 has one queen-sized bed only. Please bring your own linens, blankets, pillows, towels, toiletries and food. An on-site host is present. Administrative buildings are not open to the public.
Natural Features
Big Springs is the most abundant water source on the Kaibab Plateau. Water from the springs runs down a limestone cliff and pools near the cabins. Nestled among lush vegetation and several ponds, the area is surrounded by ponderosa pine and rolling hills. A visit to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon is an easy day trip from the cabins.
Nearby Attractions
The Big Springs Cabins Site is located approximately 30 minutes from the Fredonia, AZ/Kanab, UT area and is within a one-hour drive of several scenic overlooks on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (928) 643-7395.
What the agency tells you
A cabin manual is located inside the main dining hall to answer visitor questions and provide guests with area information.
There are seven cabins. Cabins 1 - 6 each have two twin-size beds and one full-size bed. Cabin 7 has one queen-size bed only.
There is no cell phone service or guest internet service at this location.
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These are very old historic buildings; please treat the facility carefully to prevent wear.
These rental cabins are next to an active Forest Service administrative site. Please be considerate while sharing this property and understand that you do not have access to the administrative area.
There are toilets and showers on site, but not in the cabins. They are "dry" cabins.
Bring your own linens, blankets, pillows, towels, toiletries, food, and supplies. Non-perishable supplies from previous guests are retained for future guest use. However, please do not expect to have the same supplies for future visits.
There are no laundry facilities.
There are hosts located on site.
Parking is limited. Guest RVs are not permitted to park on premises. Host RV is the only permitted RV.
Pets are not permitted, except for service animals.
A propane grill is present on site but propane may not be consistently available.
Prevent the spread of pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org
Fishing is prohibited in the pond.
Site sometimes experiences temporary water and/or electrical outages.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 7 · 7 cabin
- Hookups
- 7 electric
- Longest rig
- 15 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 7 of 7 campsite records
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- SHOWERS on 7 of 7 campsite records, Shower/Bath Type states a shower on all 7 of this campground's campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 7 of 7 campsite records
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- Night sky · 3rd darkest of 262 in AZ
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
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rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
7 sites
All 7 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 7 of the 7 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| BIG SPRINGS CABIN SITE | 1 | cabin electric | 15 ft | $65 |
| BIG SPRINGS CABIN SITE | 2 | cabin electric | 15 ft | $65 |
| BIG SPRINGS CABIN SITE | 3 | cabin electric | 15 ft | $65 |
| BIG SPRINGS CABIN SITE | 4 | cabin electric | 15 ft | $65 |
| BIG SPRINGS CABIN SITE | 5 | cabin electric | 15 ft | $65 |
| BIG SPRINGS CABIN SITE | 6 | cabin electric | 15 ft | $65 |
| BIG SPRINGS CABIN SITE | 7 | cabin electric | 15 ft | $65 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Jacob Lake Recreation AreaGrand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge · 10 miJacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic SiteGrand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge · 11 mi
Jumpup CabinGrand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge · 11 mi
DemotteGrand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge · 18 mi
North Rim Campground (AZ)Grand Canyon National Park · 31 mi
Stateline CampgroundKanab Field Office · 33 miFrom Fredonia, AZ: 1.2 miles south of Fredonia on US 89A turn south onto FS 22. Stay on FS 22 for 27.3 miles until you see the Big Springs Cabins on your left. Pavement on FS 22 ends after 20.7 miles. Trip distance is about 28.5 miles.
From Jacob Lake, AZ: Go south on AZ Hwy 67. Take the first right turn just past the visitor center to go west on FS 461 for 5.3 miles to FS 462. Continue west on FS 462 (right) for 3.1 miles to FS 22. Turn south (left) at FS 22 and continue 6.6 miles until you see the Big Springs Cabins on your left (east of FR 22). Total trip distance is about 15.0 miles.
From Grand Canyon North Rim entrance station: Head north from entrance station on Hwy 67 for 4.6 miles. Turn west (left) on FS 22 for 23 miles. Watch for signs. Cabins will be on the right. Total trip distance is about 27.6 miles.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Fredonia, AZ
Typical weather
Typical October night 33°F, day 65°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 18°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Big Springs Cabin Site is in Arizona’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Eli Crane (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →