Editing Supai, Arizona (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
[[File:SupaiMarket.jpg|thumb|left|Mule train in front of the convenience store and post office]]
Supai is located inside the Grand Canyon on tribal lands outside of national park jurisdiction and is governed by the tribe.<ref name="Smithsonian" />

There is a post office in Supai. Mules are used to ferry mail between Supai and the rest of the United States. Perishable goods are, as of 2016, stored in a walk-in freezer at the [[Peach Springs, Arizona]], post office while they await being loaded onto mules.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hoy|first=Anne Q.|title=Postal Service's red ink is rural towns' lifeblood|newspaper=[[Arizona Republic]]|place=[[Phoenix, Arizona]]|date=July 17, 1989|pages=A1, A6}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121381644/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121381670/ of second page] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref><ref name="USPS" /><ref name="Smithsonian" /> According to The Smithsonian, the Peach Springs post office is the only one in the country with a walk-in freezer.<ref name="Smithsonian" />

A contractor, who as of 2016 had held the contract with the post office for 25 years, picks up the mail and drives it an hour to the trailhead, where it's loaded onto mules for the journey down the canyon.<ref name="Smithsonian" /> Each mule carries up to 200 pounds of mail.<ref name="Smithsonian" />

===Access===
[[File:HualapaiHilltop.jpg|thumbnail|right|Parking at Hualapai Hilltop, the trailhead for the {{convert|8|mi|km|adj=on}} trail into Supai.]]
Supai can be reached by hiking {{convert|8|mi|0}}, descending {{convert|2004|ft}} in elevation from Hualapai Hilltop through the Hualapai Canyon.<ref>{{cite book |last=Witt |first=Greg |title=Exploring Havasupai: A Guide to the Heart of the Grand Canyon |year=2010 |publisher=Menasha Ridge Press |location=Birmingham, Alabama |isbn=978-0-89732-654-4 |page=76}}</ref> Helicopters also fly from Hualapai Hilltop into Supai.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Supai |url=https://www.visitarizona.com/places/cities/supai/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Visit Arizona |language=en-US}}</ref> Hualapai Hilltop, the trailhead for [[Havasupai Trail]], is located about {{convert|70|mi|km}} from the community of Peach Springs, along paved BIA Road 18.