Malgosa Crest
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Malgosa Crest rises to 1,660 m in Arizona. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kwagunt Butte, a peak 1.1 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Malgosa Crest is a 5,446-foot-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. The ridgeline-crest is situated adjacent to the East Rim, being a middle, and minor prominence, (of three major prominences), along the Butte Fault. From south to north, and bordering the due-south flowing Colorado River (west bank), are Chuar Butte, Awatubi Crest, Kwagunt Butte, Malgosa Crest, and the Nankoweap Mesa. All the prominences are near the end of Marble Canyon, (down to the Little Colorado River confluence), Marble Canyon being the start of the Grand Canyon. Malgosa Crest has a very narrow, linear platform prominence, and the prominence is deeply eroded, and it trends slightly southwest–northeast. Because of its narrowness, its ridgeline-summit is composed of eroded remainder cliffs of cliff-formed Coconino Sandstone (on slope-formed Hermit Shale), both surviving on a resistant platform of the 4th member of the Supai Group – the resistant, cliff-former Esplanade Sandstone. (The sandstone forms The Esplanade in Western Grand Canyon, a horizontal hiking area.) The high point of Malgosa Crest is at the center of the ridgeline (5,446 ft); a surviving lower elevation, but highly visible, caprock peak occupies the northeast end of the ridgeline (5,242 ft).
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Wikidata Q49047652, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1660 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
- 28.8 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 12 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kwagunt Butte: 1.1 mi
- Nankoweap Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Awatubi Crest: 2.3 mi
- Nankoweap Butte: 2.5 mi
- Gunther Castle: 3.1 mi
- Desert Facade: 1.6 mi
- Jeffords Point: 4.1 mi
- Banta Point: 4.4 mi
- Cape Solitude: 5.2 mi
- Atoko Point: 5.6 mi
- Cliff Spring: 10.5 mi
- Roaring Springs: 11.2 mi
- Roaring Springs: 11.3 mi
- Roaring Springs: 11.3 mi
- Upper Thompson Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 5.6 mi
- Natural Arch: 5.8 mi
- Roosevelt Trailhead: 6.4 mi
- Mystic Falls: 7.3 mi
- Kolb Arch: 7.4 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 4.8 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 12.2 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 17.3 mi
- Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 19.1 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 19.8 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 9.5 mi
- désert point: 14.5 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 24.2 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 10.1 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 13.3 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 13.4 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 13.7 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 16.2 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 19.8 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 21.2 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 24.7 mi
- Boat Beach: 17.1 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 18.1 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Native market: 23.0 mi
- Native Market: 23.8 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Saddle Mountain Wilderness: 14.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Malgosa Crest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbergh Hill | WNW 284° | 2,718 m | 13.7 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | NW 307° | 2,566 m | 7.5 mi |
| Tritle Peak | WSW 255° | 2,505 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sullivan Peak | W 280° | 2,469 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Hayden | WNW 284° | 2,450 m | 7.2 mi |
| Brady Peak | W 267° | 2,440 m | 6.7 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | SW 226° | 2,414 m | 5.0 mi |
| Wotans Throne | SSW 214° | 2,360 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:11 | 19:49 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:52 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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, 12 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/359248294
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 21 mi
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