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Colter Butte

Colter Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Colter Butte rises to 2,187 m in Arizona. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the west-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Swilling Butte, a peak 0.6 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 7.6 miles off.

The story

Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Wikidata Q49021533, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2187 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.23776, -111.91933

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Swilling Butte: 0.6 mi
  • Hutton Butte: 1.0 mi
  • Duppa Butte: 1.1 mi
  • Novinger Butte: 1.7 mi
  • Tritle Peak: 1.9 mi
Cliffs
Springs: 35
Attractions: 23
Parks: 6
  • Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 7.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Campground: 8.2 mi
  • Bright Angel Campground: 13.6 mi
  • Havasupai Gardens Campground: 16.1 mi
  • Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Walhalla Glades: 7.3 mi
  • désert point: 14.7 mi
  • Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 17.2 mi
  • Hermit’s Rest: 20.3 mi
Museums: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Boat Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Pipe Creek Beach: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Manzanita Rest Area: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Native market: 24.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Colter Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindbergh HillWNW 294°2,718 m9.9 mi
Saddle MountainNNW 341°2,566 m5.4 mi
Tritle PeakWSW 240°2,505 m1.9 mi
Sullivan PeakWNW 300°2,469 m4.3 mi
Mount HaydenNW 311°2,450 m3.7 mi
Brady PeakW 278°2,440 m2.5 mi
Siegfried PyreSSE 167°2,414 m2.9 mi
Wotans ThroneSSW 194°2,360 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0618:40
June solstice05:1119:1119:49
September equinox06:1617:5218:26
December solstice07:3616:3717:17

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272834404958636155443427
Precip in3.63.52.91.60.80.41.82.71.91.81.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bright Angel RS, 8 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 3133 — Colter Butte, Coconino County, Arizona.

OpenStreetMap element node/359244498

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