Swilling Butte
Swilling Butte rises to 2,045 m in Arizona. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hutton Butte, a peak 0.4 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Ridgeline summit in the Grand Canyon.
Wikidata Q49080519, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,045 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 8 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hutton Butte: 0.4 mi
- Duppa Butte: 0.5 mi
- Colter Butte: 0.6 mi
- Novinger Butte: 2.1 mi
- Nankoweap Butte: 2.1 mi
- Banta Point: 1.5 mi
- Jeffords Point: 2.0 mi
- Atoko Point: 2.4 mi
- Ehrenberg Point: 2.5 mi
- Roosevelt Point: 2.8 mi
- Roaring Springs: 7.6 mi
- Upper Thompson Spring: 8.3 mi
- Cliff Spring: 8.3 mi
- Cliff Dweller Spring: 8.9 mi
- South Canyon Spring: 9.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 2.2 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 3.1 mi
- Kolb Arch: 4.5 mi
- Mystic Falls: 4.6 mi
- Saddle Canyon: 8.3 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 6.8 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 8.8 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 14.1 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 16.7 mi
- Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 21.7 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 7.4 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 9.9 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 9.9 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 10.1 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 7.5 mi
- désert point: 14.6 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 20.8 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 15.8 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 16.7 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 18.1 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 22.0 mi
- Boat Beach: 14.0 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 14.9 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 16.6 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 7.8 mi
- Native market: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Swilling Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbergh Hill | WNW 292° | 2,718 m | 10.4 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | NNW 335° | 2,566 m | 5.5 mi |
| Tritle Peak | WSW 244° | 2,505 m | 2.4 mi |
| Sullivan Peak | WNW 295° | 2,469 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Hayden | NW 304° | 2,450 m | 4.0 mi |
| Brady Peak | W 274° | 2,440 m | 3.1 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | S 179° | 2,414 m | 3.0 mi |
| Wotans Throne | SSW 197° | 2,360 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| 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, 9 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/359252258
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 18 mi
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