Alsap Butte
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Alsap Butte rises to 2,281 m in Arizona. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Natural Arch, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Alsap Butte is a 7,494-foot-elevation (2,284-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon in Coconino County of northern Arizona, Southwestern United States. It is situated two miles north of the Roosevelt Point on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers 3,700 feet (1,100 meters) above Nankoweap Canyon. Its nearest higher neighbor is Brady Peak, one mile to the southwest, with Hancock Butte and Mount Hayden set to the northwest, and Colter Butte two miles to southeast. Alsap Butte is named after John T. Alsap, a pioneer and politician of the Arizona Territory who served as the first mayor of Phoenix, and is known as "Father of Maricopa County". The geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Alsap Butte is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone. Alsap Butte is composed of Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group overlaying cliff-forming Mississippian Redwall Limestone, which in turn overlays slope-forming Cambrian Tonto Group. Precipitation runoff from this feature drains northeast into the Colorado River via Nankoweap Creek.
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Wikidata Q49008664, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,281 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 6 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Novinger Butte: 0.5 mi
- Brady Peak: 0.9 mi
- Hancock Butte: 1.6 mi
- Kibbey Butte: 1.6 mi
- Tritle Peak: 1.8 mi
- Ehrenberg Point: 0.4 mi
- Bourke Point: 2.1 mi
- Roosevelt Point: 2.2 mi
- Point Imperial: 2.5 mi
- Atoko Point: 2.8 mi
- Upper Thompson Spring: 5.9 mi
- Roaring Springs: 6.0 mi
- Cliff Dweller Spring: 7.1 mi
- South Canyon Spring: 7.8 mi
- Robbers Roost Spring: 8.0 mi
- Natural Arch: 0.3 mi
- Kolb Arch: 2.6 mi
- Mystic Falls: 2.8 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 4.2 mi
- Grand Canyon North Rim: 6.8 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 7.5 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 7.9 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 13.1 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 15.6 mi
- House Rock Valley Buffalo Range: 23.0 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 7.3 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 8.4 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 8.5 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 8.6 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 8.0 mi
- désert point: 16.1 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 16.6 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 19.5 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 15.8 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 17.0 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 17.1 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 21.5 mi
- Boat Beach: 13.0 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 13.8 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 15.5 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 6.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Alsap Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbergh Hill | WNW 293° | 2,718 m | 8.0 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | N 359° | 2,566 m | 4.3 mi |
| Tritle Peak | S 177° | 2,505 m | 1.8 mi |
| Sullivan Peak | WNW 302° | 2,469 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Hayden | NW 325° | 2,450 m | 1.9 mi |
| Brady Peak | WSW 237° | 2,440 m | 0.9 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | SSE 148° | 2,414 m | 4.4 mi |
| Wotans Throne | S 183° | 2,360 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:11 | 19:49 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:52 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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, 7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 614 — Alsap Butte, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359241921
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 17 mi
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