Cardenas Butte
Cardenas Butte rises to 1,825 m in Arizona. Tritle Peak stands 2,505 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Escalante Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Summit in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
Wikidata Q49018108, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,825 m
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 16 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Escalante Butte: 0.8 mi
- Desert View Point: 1.6 mi
- Comanche Point: 3.2 mi
- Papago Point: 3.4 mi
- Hollenback Point: 3.4 mi
- Desert View Point: 1.4 mi
- Lipan Point: 1.9 mi
- Pinal Point: 2.7 mi
- Ochoa Point: 3.3 mi
- Basalt Cliffs: 3.9 mi
- Hance Creek Spring: 7.1 mi
- Cliff Spring: 7.7 mi
- Miners Spring: 7.8 mi
- Blue Spring: 9.3 mi
- Roaring Springs: 14.2 mi
- Angels Window: 7.2 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Duck on a rock: 12.8 mi
- Cedar Ridge: 13.8 mi
- Natural Arch: 13.9 mi
- désert point: 1.6 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 7.5 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Willows Camp: 19.1 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 20.6 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 13.4 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 14.4 mi
- Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 14.5 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 16.0 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 17.8 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 3.4 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 15.3 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 16.7 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 16.9 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 9.5 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 13.7 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 14.2 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 15.4 mi
- Native market: 11.4 mi
- Little Colorado Native Market: 18.3 mi
- Boat Beach: 14.1 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 15.2 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 16.0 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Cardenas Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tritle Peak | NNW 333° | 2,505 m | 12.8 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | NNW 339° | 2,414 m | 10.2 mi |
| Wotans Throne | WNW 296° | 2,360 m | 7.3 mi |
| Desert View Point | SE 139° | 2,279 m | 1.6 mi |
| Brahma Temple | WNW 294° | 2,275 m | 12.0 mi |
| Deva Temple | WNW 301° | 2,224 m | 12.4 mi |
| Papago Point | SW 224° | 2,220 m | 3.4 mi |
| Hollenback Point | SW 224° | 2,220 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:10 | 19:48 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:52 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 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, 2 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/359243838
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 17 mi
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