Desert View Point
Desert View Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 2,247 m. Tritle Peak stands 2,505 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2247 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 17 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Desert View Point: 0.2 mi
- Cardenas Butte: 1.4 mi
- Escalante Butte: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Comanche Point: 3.5 mi
- Lipan Point: 1.7 mi
- Pinal Point: 2.8 mi
- Ochoa Point: 4.5 mi
- Palisades of the Desert: 4.6 mi
- Palisades of the Desert: 5.2 mi
- Hance Creek Spring: 7.7 mi
- Miners Spring: 8.4 mi
- Blue Spring: 8.9 mi
- Cliff Spring: 9.1 mi
- Burro Spring: 15.5 mi
- Angels Window: 8.5 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 11.6 mi
- Duck on a rock: 13.6 mi
- Roosevelt Trailhead: 13.9 mi
- Cedar Ridge: 14.8 mi
- désert point: 0.5 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 8.9 mi
- Willows Camp: 17.9 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 18.3 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 21.6 mi
- Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 13.6 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 14.8 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 15.6 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 17.1 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 18.8 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 3.2 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 16.4 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 17.5 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 17.7 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 10.9 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 15.1 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 15.5 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 16.7 mi
- Native market: 10.1 mi
- Native Market: 12.1 mi
- Little Colorado Native Market: 17.0 mi
- Boat Beach: 15.3 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 16.4 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Desert View Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tritle Peak | NNW 331° | 2,505 m | 14.1 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | NNW 336° | 2,414 m | 11.4 mi |
| Wotans Throne | WNW 299° | 2,360 m | 8.6 mi |
| Desert View Point | SSE 165° | 2,279 m | 0.2 mi |
| Brahma Temple | WNW 296° | 2,275 m | 13.3 mi |
| Deva Temple | WNW 303° | 2,224 m | 13.7 mi |
| Papago Point | WSW 246° | 2,220 m | 3.7 mi |
| Hollenback Point | WSW 246° | 2,220 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:10 | 19:48 |
| 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, under a mile 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359256104
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 18 mi
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