Red Butte
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Red Butte rises to 2,211 m in Arizona. Wotans Throne stands 2,360 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Anita, a ghost town 9.4 miles away. San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
Red Butte is a butte located in the Kaibab National Forest in Coconino County, Arizona . It is known to the Havasupai nation as Wii'i Gdwiisa, "clenched fist mountain," and is regarded as a sacred site.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q2135916, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,211 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road
- 26.3 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Double Knobs: 10.2 mi
- Howard Hill: 10.6 mi
- Red Hill: 12.3 mi
- Buggeln Hill: 13.6 mi
- Sinking Ship: 13.9 mi
- South Rim: 13.3 mi
- Grandview Point: 13.5 mi
- Coconino Rim: 13.9 mi
- Ayer Point: 16.4 mi
- Yaki Point: 16.5 mi
- Bedrock City: 11.8 mi
- Duck on a rock: 13.5 mi
- Grand Canyon: 16.5 mi
- Buckey O'Neill Cabin: 16.6 mi
- Cedar Ridge: 16.9 mi
- Miners Spring: 15.1 mi
- Hance Creek Spring: 15.5 mi
- Pipe Spring: 17.4 mi
- Burro Spring: 17.7 mi
- Santa Maria Spring: 18.2 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 10.8 mi
- Planes of Fame Air Museum: 12.3 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 16.7 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 17.1 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 18.3 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 18.1 mi
- Willows Camp: 20.6 mi
- désert point: 21.0 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 23.2 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 23.4 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 23.5 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 23.9 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 24.9 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 17.9 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 19.4 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 24.4 mi
- Dino: 11.8 mi
- Native market: 22.5 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 18.0 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 19.3 mi
- Boat Beach: 19.4 mi
- Anita: 9.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Red Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wotans Throne | NNE 20° | 2,360 m | 21.0 mi |
| Desert View Point | NE 44° | 2,279 m | 21.3 mi |
| Brahma Temple | N 8° | 2,275 m | 21.6 mi |
| Hobble Mountains | SSE 168° | 2,259 m | 21.7 mi |
| Ebert Mountain | SSE 155° | 2,229 m | 20.0 mi |
| Hollenback Point | NE 39° | 2,220 m | 18.1 mi |
| Papago Point | NE 39° | 2,220 m | 18.1 mi |
| Sinking Ship | NNE 32° | 2,206 m | 13.9 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 | 07:35 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Canyon NP AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 10014 — Red Butte, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359250368
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 16 mi
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