Dox Castle
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Dox Castle rises to 1,407 m in Arizona. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Evans Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Dox Castle is a 4,780-foot-elevation (1,460-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated four miles north-northeast of Havasupai Point, two miles northwest of Evans Butte, and 2.5 miles southwest of Holy Grail Temple, where it towers 2,500 feet (760 meters) above the Colorado River. Dox Castle was named by William Wallace Bass and George Wharton James for Virginia Dox (1851–1941), who was the first white woman to visit this part of the Grand Canyon in 1891. Holy Grail Temple was originally named Bass Tomb by Virginia Dox, for William Bass, Dox's guide into the canyon. Impressed by her, Bass named Dox Castle shortly after she left. This butte's name was officially adopted in 1908 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Dox Castle is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone, with precipitation runoff draining west to the Colorado River via Shinumo Creek. Dox Castle is composed of Cambrian rock from the Tonto Group, overlaying the Proterozoic Unkar Group at river level. Levi F. Noble named the Dox Formation because of exposures in a tributary to Shinumo Creek below Dox Castle.
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Wikidata Q49025745, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1407 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Watching Spot · 13 mi
- Coconino Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Evans Butte: 2.2 mi
- Holy Grail Temple: 2.2 mi
- Tyndall Dome: 2.4 mi
- Masonic Temple: 2.4 mi
- Fan Island: 2.5 mi
- Dutton Point: 3.6 mi
- Violet Point: 3.7 mi
- Emerald Point: 3.9 mi
- Havasupai Point: 4.3 mi
- Galahad Point: 4.4 mi
- Cougar Spring: 4.6 mi
- Seep Spring: 6.3 mi
- Kanabownits Spring: 6.7 mi
- Powell Spring: 7.2 mi
- Upper Two Spring: 8.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Royal Arch: 8.3 mi
- Jicarilla Bridge: 9.5 mi
- Thunder Spring: 12.9 mi
- The Blowdown: 14.2 mi
- Thunder River Falls: 12.9 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 14.5 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 15.6 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 16.0 mi
- Pasture Wash Park Ranger Station (ruins): 8.6 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 14.1 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 22.6 mi
- Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 15.9 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 16.1 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 16.5 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 16.4 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 16.8 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 21.8 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 15.5 mi
- Boat Beach: 16.3 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Dox Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbergh Hill | ENE 75° | 2,718 m | 13.8 mi |
| Dragon Head | ESE 113° | 2,362 m | 8.5 mi |
| Oza Butte | ESE 107° | 2,346 m | 14.8 mi |
| Shiva Temple | ESE 122° | 2,321 m | 10.6 mi |
| Elaine Castle | NNE 27° | 2,232 m | 4.5 mi |
| King Arthur Castle | ENE 66° | 2,222 m | 3.1 mi |
| Guinevere Castle | ENE 73° | 2,203 m | 3.3 mi |
| Buddha Temple | ESE 117° | 2,175 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:13 | 19:51 |
| September equinox | 06:18 | 17:54 | 18:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 63 | 61 | 55 | 44 | 34 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bright Angel RS, 15 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 20751 — Dox Castle, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359255859
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 17 mi
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