Temple Butte
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Temple Butte rises to 1,546 m in Arizona. Tritle Peak stands 2,505 m to the west-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chuar Lava Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Temple Butte, in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, US is a prominence below the East Rim. The butte lies on the west bank of the south-flowing Colorado River. The outfall from the Little Colorado River, draining from the Painted Desert to the east and southeast, is about two miles upstream. Temple Butte is 5,308 feet (1,618 m) in elevation. It is the historical site of some wreckage of the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision. It was first thought that smoke from Temple Butte, was due to a lightning strike fire, but later was found to be the result of the mid-air collision.
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Wikidata Q8536610, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1546 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 13 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chuar Lava Hill: 1.2 mi
- Carbon Butte: 1.4 mi
- Peshlakai Point: 1.4 mi
- Lava Butte: 1.9 mi
- Chuar Butte: 2.2 mi
- Cape Solitude: 1.9 mi
- Palisades of the Desert: 3.4 mi
- Chiavria Point: 3.9 mi
- Palisades of the Desert: 4.3 mi
- Ochoa Point: 4.5 mi
- Cliff Spring: 7.7 mi
- Blue Spring: 8.0 mi
- Roaring Springs: 11.9 mi
- Roaring Springs: 12.0 mi
- Roaring Springs: 12.0 mi
- Hartman Natural Bridge: 5.8 mi
- Angels Window: 7.4 mi
- Roosevelt Trailhead: 8.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 9.0 mi
- Kolb Arch: 11.7 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 10.7 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 12.1 mi
- Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 15.0 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 15.7 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 18.0 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 6.8 mi
- désert point: 8.5 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 19.2 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 22.7 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 8.4 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 12.9 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 13.2 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 14.0 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 10.5 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 17.6 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 19.2 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 21.3 mi
- Native market: 17.1 mi
- Native Market: 18.2 mi
- Little Colorado Native Market: 22.2 mi
- Boat Beach: 15.4 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 16.6 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 17.9 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Saddle Mountain Wilderness: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Temple Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tritle Peak | WNW 302° | 2,505 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Hayden | NW 313° | 2,450 m | 11.1 mi |
| Brady Peak | NW 306° | 2,440 m | 9.6 mi |
| Siegfried Pyre | WNW 297° | 2,414 m | 5.2 mi |
| Wotans Throne | WSW 243° | 2,360 m | 8.5 mi |
| Kibbey Butte | NW 305° | 2,349 m | 10.5 mi |
| Hancock Butte | NW 309° | 2,334 m | 10.8 mi |
| Alsap Butte | NW 311° | 2,281 m | 9.3 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 | 19:10 | 19:49 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:52 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Canyon E Entrance, 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/359252389
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 19 mi
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