Castle Butte
Castle Butte rises to 1,976 m in Arizona. Shonto Butte stands 2,047 m to the north, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Cheek Butte, a peak 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
Wikidata Q49018379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,976 m
How to reach it
- 25.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Cheek Butte: 0.7 mi
- Chimney Butte: 1.9 mi
- Haystack Butte: 2.5 mi
- Chezhin Chotah Butte: 2.8 mi
- Arrowhead Butte: 3.0 mi
- Toh Cathlie Cod: 7.0 mi
- Salt Water Seep: 7.7 mi
- Buzzard Spring: 8.3 mi
- Sheep Spring: 8.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 9.1 mi
- Eagle Nest Point: 8.9 mi
- Up Rock Point: 13.7 mi
- Crows Nest Point: 17.6 mi
- Elbow Point: 21.6 mi
- Little Painted Desert County Park: 12.4 mi
- Homolovi State Park: 24.7 mi
- Cedar Springs Trading Post: 8.9 mi
- Little Painted Desert Country Park: 11.4 mi
- Homolovi State Park Visitor Center: 23.9 mi
- Sunset: 24.1 mi
- Jackrabbit: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Castle Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shonto Butte | N 2° | 2,047 m | 6.6 mi |
| Round Top | NNW 327° | 2,034 m | 8.9 mi |
| Egloffstein Butte | N 359° | 2,032 m | 17.4 mi |
| Hauke Mesa | NNE 21° | 2,031 m | 13.9 mi |
| Horse Butte | NNE 14° | 2,030 m | 18.4 mi |
| Montezumas Chair | NW 324° | 2,005 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lone Cottonwood Butte | NNE 13° | 2,002 m | 9.9 mi |
| Chimney Butte | S 191° | 1,996 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:34 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| September equinox | 06:10 | 17:46 | 18:20 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winslow AP, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359243890
Day trips start here
- Homolovi Ruins State Park · 24 mi
- Joseph City · 26 mi
- Winslow · 27 mi
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