Hole in the Rock
Hole in the Rock is an attraction in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,827 m. White Knolls stands 2,090 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Franks, a attraction 1.7 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 13 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1827 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
- 21.8 mi off the Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road
- 25.4 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Vermillion Cliffs · 19 mi
- Scenic View Vermillion Cliffs · 19 mi
- Le Fevre Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Franks: 1.7 mi
- White Pocket: 3.0 mi
- Butterfly: 3.1 mi
- Wrather Arch: 4.3 mi
- Slide Rock Arch: 4.8 mi
- Little Knoll: 3.6 mi
- Bridger Point: 3.9 mi
- Wolf Knoll: 4.6 mi
- Red Knolls: 4.6 mi
- Middle Knoll: 5.0 mi
- First Spring: 3.1 mi
- Big Spring: 3.2 mi
- Second Crack Spring: 3.3 mi
- Shower Spring: 5.5 mi
- Last Reliable Spring: 6.6 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- The Dive: 8.0 mi
- The Rimrocks: 12.0 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 16.0 mi
- Red Point: 19.2 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 9.7 mi
- Big Water Park: 14.5 mi
- Vermillion Park: 20.8 mi
- Children's Park: 21.1 mi
- Elm Street Fitness Park: 21.3 mi
- Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness: 4.4 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 7.0 mi
- Coyote Buttes South: 8.4 mi
- Coyote Buttes North: 9.8 mi
- The Cockscomb Wilderness Study Area: 15.1 mi
- Dick's Arch: 10.2 mi
- Buckskin Gulch Arch: 11.6 mi
- Starlight Arch: 23.4 mi
- Paria Beach: 14.7 mi
- Sandbar: 15.9 mi
- Lone Rock Beach: 18.0 mi
- Lee's Ferry: 15.4 mi
- Paria: 22.1 mi
- Wilson Ranch: 12.1 mi
- Catstair Canyon Detroit Riprap: 14.5 mi
- Echo Peaks Fall: 17.1 mi
- John Wesley Powell Museum: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hole in the Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Knolls | SSE 164° | 2,090 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Big Knoll | S 182° | 2,054 m | 6.6 mi |
| Powells Monument | ESE 124° | 2,042 m | 11.3 mi |
| Tselgiishil | SE 144° | 2,028 m | 20.5 mi |
| Middle Knoll | S 178° | 2,018 m | 5.0 mi |
| Buckskin Mountain | W 281° | 1,966 m | 14.3 mi |
| Little Knoll | SSE 165° | 1,958 m | 3.6 mi |
| Buckskin Mountains | W 272° | 1,945 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 81 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paria RS, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMap- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 5881 — Hole in the Rock, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/5612658187
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