GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – Officials at Grand Canyon National Park announced that the North Rim will begin reopening this fall, after the devastating Dragon Bravo Fire shut down that part of the park this summer.

The Dragon Bravo Fire began on July 4, when lightning ignited sparks in the North Rim. In the months since, the wildfire burned over 145,000 acres and damaged or destroyed nearly half of all North Rim structures .

Starting on Oct. 1, the park will begin to partially reopen select areas of the North Rim to visitors, including Point Imperial, Cape Royal, Fire Point and Swamp Ridge, according to the National Park Service .

Those areas will be open daily from sunrise to sunset, but overnight use will be available at Swamp Point and Fire Point. They will then shut down once again on Dec.

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