Basalt Cliffs
Basalt Cliffs is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,247 m. Tritle Peak stands 2,505 m to the north-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Apollo Temple, a peak 0.6 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1247 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 12 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Apollo Temple: 0.6 mi
- Venus Temple: 1.2 mi
- Jupiter Temple: 2.0 mi
- Juno Temple: 3.0 mi
- Lava Butte: 3.2 mi
- Ochoa Point: 0.8 mi
- Cape Final: 3.0 mi
- Cape Royal: 4.1 mi
- Palisades of the Desert: 4.3 mi
- Chiavria Point: 4.7 mi
- Cliff Spring: 4.5 mi
- Hance Creek Spring: 7.8 mi
- Miners Spring: 8.3 mi
- Blue Spring: 10.2 mi
- Roaring Springs: 10.7 mi
- Angels Window: 4.0 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 6.5 mi
- Roosevelt Trailhead: 8.7 mi
- Natural Arch: 10.3 mi
- Grand Canyon North Rim: 11.6 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 4.1 mi
- désert point: 5.5 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 19.0 mi
- Willows Camp: 22.9 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 10.2 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 12.3 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 14.3 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 14.6 mi
- Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 16.5 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 6.1 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 10.6 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 11.0 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 12.2 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 6.6 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 13.8 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 15.3 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 16.8 mi
- Native market: 15.2 mi
- Native Market: 17.0 mi
- Little Colorado Native Market: 21.8 mi
- Boat Beach: 12.0 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 13.1 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 14.3 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Saddle Mountain Wilderness: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Basalt Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tritle Peak | NNW 333° | 2,505 m | 9.0 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | NNW 344° | 2,414 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wotans Throne | W 267° | 2,360 m | 4.7 mi |
| Desert View Point | SSE 148° | 2,279 m | 5.4 mi |
| Brahma Temple | W 280° | 2,275 m | 9.2 mi |
| Deva Temple | WNW 289° | 2,224 m | 9.2 mi |
| Papago Point | S 185° | 2,220 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hollenback Point | S 185° | 2,220 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:10 | 19:49 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:52 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Canyon E Entrance, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Grand Canyon National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/597947559
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 15 mi
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