Stanton Point
Stanton Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,902 m. Dragon Head stands 2,362 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve, a park 1.6 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1902 m
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Watching Spot · 22 mi
- Coconino Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Thumb Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Great Thumb Point: 2.9 mi
- Cogswell Butte: 5.9 mi
- Olo Mesa: 6.3 mi
- Mount Akaba: 6.6 mi
- Tahuta Point: 3.6 mi
- Beale Point: 3.9 mi
- Hamidreek Point: 4.3 mi
- Ives Point: 4.3 mi
- Thompson Point: 4.5 mi
- Deer Spring: 6.2 mi
- Cougar Spring: 7.6 mi
- Tapeats Spring: 8.1 mi
- Topocoba Spring: 8.2 mi
- Powell Spring: 9.0 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Thunder River Falls: 6.6 mi
- Havasu Falls: 10.9 mi
- Navajo Falls: 11.0 mi
- Fiftyfoot Falls: 11.3 mi
- Keyhole Natural Bridge: 6.0 mi
- Thunder Spring: 6.7 mi
- Royal Arch: 9.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Jicarilla Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Pasture Wash Park Ranger Station (ruins): 13.7 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Stanton Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Head | ESE 113° | 2,362 m | 20.2 mi |
| Elaine Castle | E 92° | 2,232 m | 12.8 mi |
| King Arthur Castle | ESE 103° | 2,222 m | 14.0 mi |
| Guinevere Castle | ESE 104° | 2,203 m | 14.4 mi |
| Confucius Temple | ESE 119° | 2,156 m | 18.7 mi |
| Steamboat Mountain | ENE 60° | 2,123 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mencius Temple | ESE 121° | 2,115 m | 18.5 mi |
| Twin Buttes | ESE 121° | 2,115 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:13 | 19:52 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:55 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 63 | 61 | 55 | 44 | 34 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bright Angel RS, 26 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/359252060
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 27 mi
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