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Cardenas Butte

Cardenas Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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
1825 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.05887, -111.84321

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
Springs: 18
Attractions: 16
Historic sites: 5
  • 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
Parks: 5
  • 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
Museums: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Artworks: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Boat Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Pipe Creek Beach: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tritle PeakNNW 333°2,505 m12.8 mi
Siegfried PyreNNW 339°2,414 m10.2 mi
Wotans ThroneWNW 296°2,360 m7.3 mi
Desert View PointSE 139°2,279 m1.6 mi
Brahma TempleWNW 294°2,275 m12.0 mi
Deva TempleWNW 301°2,224 m12.4 mi
Papago PointSW 224°2,220 m3.4 mi
Hollenback PointSW 224°2,220 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0618:39
June solstice05:1219:1019:48
September equinox06:1617:5218:26
December solstice07:3516:3817:17

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323440465567726963524132
Precip in1.51.31.40.80.60.32.02.91.51.40.81.5

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359243838

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