After driving west along the rim on Hermit Road with stops like Pima Point along the way to enjoy the canyon views the road ends at Hermits Rest.
This stone arch invites you to walk a short ways along the canyon rim to find refuge, or tackle the Hermit trail.
Built by Mary Colter in 1914, Hermits Rest was designed to look like an old miner’s cabin with a natural stone formation.
The rock on the huge fireplace was darkened by hand to lend a look of antiquity.
Hermits Rest houses a gift shop and small snack bar.
The porch offers great views.
No hermit ever lived here. The name comes from the 1890s when Louis Boucher lived alone at the nearby Dripping Springs.
Someday I’ll have to continue the journey by foot down the steeply winding Hermit Trail which begins about .5 miles beyond Hermits Rest. But this day would end visiting a friend who lives and works on the South Rim. So I headed back east on Hermit Road.
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