The Battleship
The Battleship rises to 1,779 m in Arizona. Dragon Head stands 2,362 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Havasupai Gardens Campground, a park 0.5 miles away. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
The Battleship is a 5,850-foot (1,780 m)-elevation summit located in central Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. The ridgeline, Battleship landform forms part of the western border of Garden Creek Canyon, which contains the Bright Angel Trail down to the Colorado River, and across it to Phantom Ranch. The east border of Garden Creek Canyon is the South Rim, with the overlooks of Grandeur Point and Yavapai Point. The Battleship is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Yavapai Point, 1.5 miles due-north of Grand Canyon Village, and roughly 2.0 miles (3.2 km) southwest of the Colorado River. The long ridgeline of "the battleship", is oriented slightly southwest-by-northeast, with the "conning tower", (The Battleship prominence), at the southwest, making up about one fourth of the battleship landform. The striking west Redwall Limestone cliffs, surmounted by the orange-reddish slopes of Supai Group “redbeds”, of The Battleship landform, is offset at the east, by the same Redwall cliffs and orange-red "redbeds", of the cliffs of the South Rim.
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Wikidata Q105097042, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1779 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Coconino Overlook · 11 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Maricopa Point: 0.6 mi
- Powell Point: 0.7 mi
- Hopi Point: 0.9 mi
- Hopi Wall: 1.3 mi
- Yavapai Point: 1.3 mi
- Grandeur Point: 1.2 mi
- Dana Butte: 1.3 mi
- The Alligator: 1.7 mi
- O'Neill Butte: 2.7 mi
- The Tipoff: 2.9 mi
- Pipe Spring: 2.0 mi
- Burro Spring: 2.1 mi
- Cedar Spring: 2.4 mi
- Santa Maria Spring: 4.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 5.9 mi
- Buckey O'Neill Cabin: 1.3 mi
- Grand Canyon South Rim: 1.3 mi
- Grand Canyon: 1.5 mi
- Grand Canyon: 1.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 2.8 mi
- Masonic Grand Canyon Degree Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Hermit’s Rest: 4.2 mi
- Walhalla Glades: 11.7 mi
- Pasture Wash Park Ranger Station (ruins): 15.0 mi
- désert point: 17.5 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Campground: 0.5 mi
- Bright Angel Campground: 3.0 mi
- Cottonwood Campground: 8.5 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 23.8 mi
- Kolb Studio Museum: 1.2 mi
- Yavapai Geology Museum: 1.3 mi
- Big E Steakhouse & Saloon: 7.1 mi
- Tusayan Museum: 15.8 mi
- Ribbon Falls: 7.4 mi
- Upper Ribbon Falls: 7.6 mi
- Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 8.1 mi
- Cheyava Falls: 10.4 mi
- Havasupai Gardens Day Use Area: 0.6 mi
- Rowe Well Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Pipe Creek Beach: 2.2 mi
- Boat Beach: 3.2 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Anita: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of The Battleship. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Head | NNW 344° | 2,362 m | 8.7 mi |
| Wotans Throne | ENE 78° | 2,360 m | 10.2 mi |
| Oza Butte | NNE 28° | 2,346 m | 8.4 mi |
| Shiva Temple | NNW 348° | 2,321 m | 6.3 mi |
| Brahma Temple | NE 56° | 2,275 m | 6.7 mi |
| Deva Temple | NE 48° | 2,224 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sinking Ship | ESE 120° | 2,206 m | 11.6 mi |
| Vishnu Temple | E 85° | 2,191 m | 11.3 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 | 19:11 | 19:50 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 32 | 34 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Canyon NP 2, 2 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 12286 — The Battleship, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359252414
Day trips start here
- Grand Canyon · 1 mi
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