Isis Temple
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Isis Temple rises to 2,037 m in Arizona. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Schellbach Butte, a peak 1.5 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
Isis Temple is a prominence in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, Southwestern United States. It is located below the North Rim and adjacent to the Granite Gorge along the Colorado River. The Trinity Creek and canyon flow due south at its west border; its north, and northeast border/flank is formed by Phantom Creek (Phantom Ranch, about 2,460 ft (750 m)) and canyon, a west tributary of Bright Angel Creek; the creeks intersect about 3 mi (4.8 km) southeast, and 1.0 mi (1.6 km) north of Granite Gorge. The Isis Temple prominence (a short remainder caprock of bright-white Coconino Sandstone, on an erosion slope of brownish Hermit Formation), is only about 202 ft (62 m) lower than Grand Canyon Village, the main public center on Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Isis Temple is about 5 mi (8.0 km) directly north of Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim, Grand Canyon; the Village is the west terminus of Arizona Route 64 (East Rim Drive), and north terminus of U.S. 180, from Valle, Arizona, and Williams (about 58 mi (93 km) south). Isis Temple is part of an uplifted, and sub-faulted block (about 3.5 mi (5.6 km) long and 2.0 mi (3.2 km) wide), with a sub-peak landform, Cheops Pyramid 5,392 ft (1,643 m), about 1,600 ft (488 m) lower in elevation, and 1.0 mi (1.6 km) southeast of the Isis Temple prominence. The Isis prominence is composed of erosion resistant cliff-forming Coconino Sandstone.
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Wikidata Q6081230, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,037 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 7 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Schellbach Butte: 1.5 mi
- The Colonnade: 1.7 mi
- Cheops Pyramid: 1.7 mi
- Shiva Temple: 2.1 mi
- Buddha Temple: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Spring: 4.3 mi
- Burro Spring: 4.9 mi
- Pipe Spring: 5.2 mi
- Cliff Dweller Spring: 6.0 mi
- Outlet Spring: 6.3 mi
- Sturdevant Point: 2.0 mi
- Tiyo Point: 2.7 mi
- Johnson Point: 2.9 mi
- Claude Birdseye Point: 3.0 mi
- Widforss Point: 4.0 mi
- Grand Canyon: 3.8 mi
- Natural Arch: 4.7 mi
- Grand Canyon South Rim: 5.3 mi
- Buckey O'Neill Cabin: 5.8 mi
- Cedar Ridge: 5.9 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 3.6 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 4.5 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 5.8 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 20.8 mi
- Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve: 24.6 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 6.8 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 11.0 mi
- Pasture Wash Park Ranger Station (ruins): 14.4 mi
- désert point: 18.6 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 4.5 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 4.6 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 9.1 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 5.3 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 5.7 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 11.6 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 17.5 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 3.2 mi
- Boat Beach: 3.8 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 4.4 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 6.6 mi
- Anita: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Isis Temple. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbergh Hill | NNE 16° | 2,718 m | 11.1 mi |
| Dragon Head | NNW 328° | 2,362 m | 4.6 mi |
| Wotans Throne | ESE 104° | 2,360 m | 10.2 mi |
| Kibbey Butte | NE 50° | 2,349 m | 11.6 mi |
| Oza Butte | NE 54° | 2,346 m | 4.9 mi |
| Shiva Temple | NW 321° | 2,321 m | 2.1 mi |
| Brahma Temple | E 98° | 2,275 m | 5.6 mi |
| Deva Temple | E 83° | 2,224 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:12 | 19:50 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 86 | 90 | 87 | 80 | 68 | 56 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phantom RCH, 3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359246906
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 6 mi
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