O'Neill Butte
O'Neill Butte rises to 1,775 m in Arizona. Dragon Head stands 2,362 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Ridge, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
O'Neill Butte is a 6,071-foot (1,850 m)-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east-northeast of Grand Canyon Village, one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Mather Point, and one mile immediately northwest of Yaki Point. Cedar Ridge connects O'Neill Butte with Yaki Point on the South Rim. Topographic relief is significant as O'Neill Butte rises 3,600 feet (1,100 m) above the Colorado River in two miles (3.2 km). Access to this prominence is via the South Kaibab Trail which traverses the east slope of the peak. According to the Köppen climate classification system, O'Neill Butte is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone.
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Wikidata Q49057856, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,775 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 10 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Tipoff: 1.4 mi
- Grandeur Point: 1.8 mi
- Pattie Butte: 1.9 mi
- Newton Butte: 2.2 mi
- The Battleship: 2.7 mi
- Yaki Point: 1.0 mi
- Mather Point: 1.2 mi
- Yavapai Point: 1.6 mi
- Bradley Point: 3.0 mi
- Maricopa Point: 3.1 mi
- Burro Spring: 0.7 mi
- Pipe Spring: 0.7 mi
- Cedar Spring: 5.0 mi
- Santa Maria Spring: 7.4 mi
- Miners Spring: 7.6 mi
- Cedar Ridge: 0.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 0.9 mi
- Grand Canyon: 1.2 mi
- Grand Canyon South Rim: 1.6 mi
- Buckey O'Neill Cabin: 3.0 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 6.8 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 9.4 mi
- désert point: 14.8 mi
- Pasture Wash Park Ranger Station (ruins): 17.7 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 1.6 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 3.1 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 7.1 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 13.2 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 2.1 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 2.2 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 7.4 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 22.2 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 6.4 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 6.7 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 7.6 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 8.3 mi
- Boat Beach: 2.0 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 2.2 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 2.2 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Anita: 17.0 mi
- Native market: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of O'Neill Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Head | NNW 330° | 2,362 m | 10.1 mi |
| Wotans Throne | ENE 72° | 2,360 m | 7.6 mi |
| Oza Butte | N 9° | 2,346 m | 7.8 mi |
| Shiva Temple | NNW 329° | 2,321 m | 7.5 mi |
| Brahma Temple | NE 35° | 2,275 m | 5.0 mi |
| Deva Temple | NNE 30° | 2,224 m | 6.4 mi |
| Sinking Ship | SE 127° | 2,206 m | 9.2 mi |
| Vishnu Temple | E 82° | 2,191 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:11 | 19:49 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:39 | 17:18 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Canyon Visitor CTR, 1 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 8849 — O'Neill Butte, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359249323
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 3 mi
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