Desert View Point
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Desert View Point rises to 2,279 m in Arizona. Tritle Peak stands 2,505 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is désert point, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Arizona, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49024367, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,279 m
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 18 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Escalante Butte: 1.5 mi
- Cardenas Butte: 1.6 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Papago Point: 3.6 mi
- Hollenback Point: 3.6 mi
- Lipan Point: 1.7 mi
- Pinal Point: 2.8 mi
- Palisades of the Desert: 4.7 mi
- Ochoa Point: 4.8 mi
- Zuni Point: 5.2 mi
- Hance Creek Spring: 7.7 mi
- Miners Spring: 8.4 mi
- Blue Spring: 9.0 mi
- Cliff Spring: 9.2 mi
- Burro Spring: 15.6 mi
- Angels Window: 8.7 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Duck on a rock: 13.6 mi
- Cedar Ridge: 14.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 15.1 mi
- désert point: 0.3 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 9.1 mi
- Willows Camp: 17.6 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 21.6 mi
- Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 13.5 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 15.0 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 15.7 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 17.2 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 19.0 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 3.0 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 16.5 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 17.5 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 17.8 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 11.1 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 15.3 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 15.7 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 16.9 mi
- Native market: 9.9 mi
- Little Colorado Native Market: 16.8 mi
- Boat Beach: 15.4 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 16.5 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 15.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Desert View Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tritle Peak | NNW 331° | 2,505 m | 14.4 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | NNW 337° | 2,414 m | 11.7 mi |
| Wotans Throne | WNW 300° | 2,360 m | 8.7 mi |
| Brahma Temple | WNW 297° | 2,275 m | 13.4 mi |
| Deva Temple | WNW 303° | 2,224 m | 13.9 mi |
| Papago Point | WSW 249° | 2,220 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hollenback Point | WSW 249° | 2,220 m | 3.6 mi |
| Sinking Ship | WSW 245° | 2,206 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 | 05:12 | 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, under a mile 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 23926 — Desert View Point, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260796
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 18 mi
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