Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve
Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,943 m. Dragon Head stands 2,362 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Thumb Mesa, a peak 0.6 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1943 m
How to reach it
- 21.5 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: 0.6 mi
- Great Thumb Point: 1.7 mi
- Cogswell Butte: 4.3 mi
- Olo Mesa: 5.6 mi
- Steamboat Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Stanton Point: 1.6 mi
- Tahuta Point: 2.0 mi
- Hamidreek Point: 4.2 mi
- Gatagama Point: 4.4 mi
- Beale Point: 4.5 mi
- Deer Spring: 4.6 mi
- Tapeats Spring: 6.7 mi
- Cougar Spring: 7.7 mi
- Powell Spring: 8.4 mi
- Indian Hollow Spring: 9.7 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Thunder River Falls: 5.2 mi
- Havasu Falls: 11.8 mi
- Navajo Falls: 12.0 mi
- Mooney Falls: 12.1 mi
- Keyhole Natural Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Thunder Spring: 5.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Royal Arch: 10.3 mi
- Jicarilla Bridge: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Head | ESE 117° | 2,362 m | 20.6 mi |
| Elaine Castle | E 99° | 2,232 m | 12.6 mi |
| King Arthur Castle | ESE 110° | 2,222 m | 14.1 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNE 22° | 2,221 m | 21.4 mi |
| Guinevere Castle | ESE 111° | 2,203 m | 14.5 mi |
| Confucius Temple | ESE 123° | 2,156 m | 19.2 mi |
| Steamboat Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,123 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mencius Temple | SE 125° | 2,115 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:13 | 19:52 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:55 | 18:28 |
| 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).
- Bighorn Sheep2 obs
- California Condor1 obs
- White-lined Sphinx1 obs
- Utah Agave1 obs
- Utah Mortonia1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260741
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 28 mi
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