Awatubi Crest
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Awatubi Crest rises to 1,608 m in Arizona. Saddle Mountain stands 2,566 m to the northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kwagunt Butte, a peak 1.2 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Awatubi Crest is a 5,276 foot-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. The crest is situated as a prominence between Kwagunt Butte north, and Chuar Butte south. Unlike these two buttes composed of the many common layers of Grand Canyon sedimentary rocks, the Awatubi Crest was created by the uplift of the Butte Fault exposing Kwagunt Formation rock. The Butte Fault is expressed as a low/elevation white ridgeline, aligned north–south on the west flanks of the buttes, (and Malgosa Crest), and extends north to the west flank of Nankoweap Mesa (and Malgosa Crest). At the south terminus of the fault, and at the north flank of Chuar Butte, the Awatubi Crest prominence is composed of strongly angled thrusts of dp-brown rocks of the Kwagunt Formation.
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Wikidata Q49009364, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1608 m
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 12 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kwagunt Butte: 1.2 mi
- Chuar Butte: 1.6 mi
- Galeros Butte: 1.9 mi
- Gunther Castle: 2.1 mi
- Malgosa Crest: 2.3 mi
- Desert Facade: 2.5 mi
- Cape Solitude: 3.1 mi
- Jeffords Point: 3.6 mi
- Chiavria Point: 4.3 mi
- Banta Point: 4.3 mi
- Cliff Spring: 9.0 mi
- Blue Spring: 10.5 mi
- Roaring Springs: 11.1 mi
- Roaring Springs: 11.2 mi
- Roaring Springs: 11.2 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Roosevelt Trailhead: 6.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 6.6 mi
- Mystic Falls: 8.8 mi
- Kolb Arch: 8.8 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 7.0 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 11.8 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 16.5 mi
- Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 17.4 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 18.9 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 8.1 mi
- désert point: 12.2 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 23.4 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 9.1 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 12.8 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 13.0 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 13.5 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 14.0 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 18.8 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 20.3 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 23.3 mi
- Boat Beach: 16.3 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 17.3 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Native market: 20.8 mi
- Native Market: 21.7 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Saddle Mountain Wilderness: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Awatubi Crest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Mountain | NW 316° | 2,566 m | 9.3 mi |
| Tritle Peak | W 276° | 2,505 m | 6.3 mi |
| Sullivan Peak | WNW 294° | 2,469 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Hayden | WNW 298° | 2,450 m | 8.4 mi |
| Brady Peak | WNW 285° | 2,440 m | 7.4 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | WSW 252° | 2,414 m | 4.2 mi |
| Wotans Throne | SW 222° | 2,360 m | 10.3 mi |
| Kibbey Butte | WNW 287° | 2,349 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| 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: 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, 12 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/359242180
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 20 mi
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