Rider Point
Rider Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,415 m. Telephone Hill stands 2,697 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is 1434, a peak 1.3 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 3.3 miles off. 167 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1415 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
- 22.8 mi off the Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road
- 23.6 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic View Vermillion Cliffs · 18 mi
- Lookout Vermillion Cliffs · 18 mi
167 named places within 25 miles
- Cliff Dweller Rocks: 5.4 mi
- Alien: 7.9 mi
- Ancient Pathway Monument: 9.2 mi
- Redwall Cavern: 13.4 mi
- Archer Drive: 13.4 mi
- 1434: 1.3 mi
- Ah Hol Sah: 3.4 mi
- Petal Hills: 5.9 mi
- Tselgiishil: 6.6 mi
- Emmett Hill: 8.1 mi
- Bitter Spring: 5.6 mi
- Walts Spring: 6.1 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 6.6 mi
- Smokey Spring: 6.9 mi
- Emmett Spring: 7.7 mi
- Crater Hole: 3.6 mi
- Red Point: 6.1 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Gray Point: 11.0 mi
- Eminence Break: 12.5 mi
- House Rock Valley Buffalo Range: 9.8 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 16.7 mi
- Vermillion Park: 22.2 mi
- Children's Park: 23.0 mi
- Elm Street Fitness Park: 23.1 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 12.5 mi
- Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness: 15.3 mi
- Saddle Mountain Wilderness: 21.8 mi
- Coyote Buttes South: 23.9 mi
- Sandbar: 8.0 mi
- Paria Beach: 15.1 mi
- Copper Mine Trading Post: 16.8 mi
- Wilson Ranch: 17.8 mi
- Echo Peaks Fall: 14.7 mi
- Lee's Ferry: 16.4 mi
- John Wesley Powell Museum: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rider Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone Hill | WSW 250° | 2,697 m | 24.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,124 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cedar Tree Hills | SE 133° | 2,102 m | 14.3 mi |
| White Knolls | NNW 342° | 2,090 m | 8.5 mi |
| The Big Knoll | NNW 334° | 2,054 m | 13.4 mi |
| Powells Monument | NNE 17° | 2,042 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tselgiishil | ENE 72° | 2,028 m | 6.6 mi |
| Middle Knoll | NNW 338° | 2,018 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 83 | 89 | 86 | 76 | 63 | 50 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lees Ferry, 16 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 node/359250630
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