Shiva Temple
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Shiva Temple rises to 2,321 m in Arizona. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Claude Birdseye Point, a cliff 1.3 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
Shiva Temple is a 7,646-foot-elevation (2,331-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US. It is situated six miles north of Hopi Point overlook of the canyon's South Rim, about 2.5 miles southwest of North Rim's Tiyo Point, and two miles northwest of Isis Temple, where it towers 5,200 feet (1,600 meters) above the Colorado River. Shiva Temple is named for Shiva, the Hindu deity, destroyer of the universe. This name was applied by Clarence Dutton who began the tradition of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities. Dutton believed Shiva Temple was the largest, grandest, and most majestic of the Grand Canyon buttes, with a broad, level, forested top. This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. In 1937, the American Museum of Natural History led explorations to Shiva Temple and Wotans Throne in the belief that these buttes, isolated for 100,000 years from the plateau, may have evolved new species. The scientists discovered Ancestral Puebloan dwellings, deer antlers, and an empty Kodak film box that had been left behind a month earlier by pioneer Emery Kolb, his daughter Edith, Ruth Stephens Baker, Gordon Berger, and Ralph White, but no new species. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Shiva Temple has a Cold semi-arid climate.
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Wikidata Q49073397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2321 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 7 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Claude Birdseye Point: 1.3 mi
- Tiyo Point: 2.1 mi
- Sturdevant Point: 4.0 mi
- Widforss Point: 4.4 mi
- Grama Point: 4.5 mi
- Osiris Temple: 2.0 mi
- Isis Temple: 2.1 mi
- The Colonnade: 2.1 mi
- Horus Temple: 2.5 mi
- Dragon Head: 2.5 mi
- Cedar Spring: 5.3 mi
- Outlet Spring: 5.5 mi
- Cliff Dweller Spring: 6.1 mi
- Burro Spring: 7.0 mi
- Pipe Spring: 7.2 mi
- Grand Canyon: 5.8 mi
- Grand Canyon North Rim: 6.4 mi
- Natural Arch: 6.8 mi
- Grand Canyon South Rim: 7.2 mi
- Buckey O'Neill Cabin: 7.5 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 5.0 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 5.6 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 5.9 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 10.5 mi
- Thunder River Falls: 23.0 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 5.7 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 6.3 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 6.7 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 21.0 mi
- Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 7.6 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 12.5 mi
- Pasture Wash Park Ranger Station (ruins): 13.3 mi
- désert point: 20.5 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 7.2 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 7.4 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 13.4 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 19.5 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 5.3 mi
- Boat Beach: 5.9 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 6.2 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 7.3 mi
- Anita: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Shiva Temple. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbergh Hill | NNE 26° | 2,718 m | 10.1 mi |
| Dragon Head | NNW 334° | 2,362 m | 2.5 mi |
| Kibbey Butte | ENE 60° | 2,349 m | 11.7 mi |
| Oza Butte | ENE 76° | 2,346 m | 5.4 mi |
| Brahma Temple | ESE 109° | 2,275 m | 7.2 mi |
| Deva Temple | E 97° | 2,224 m | 7.2 mi |
| King Arthur Castle | NW 318° | 2,222 m | 9.2 mi |
| Guinevere Castle | NW 318° | 2,203 m | 8.8 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 | 16:39 | 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, 5 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/359251642
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 8 mi
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