Tower Butte
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Tower Butte rises to 1,606 m in Arizona. Navajo Mountain / Naatsisʼáán stands 3,148 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road passes 6.4 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
Tower Butte is a 5,287-foot (1,611 meter) elevation sandstone summit located south of Lake Powell, in northern Arizona. Tower Butte is a butte composed of Romana and Entrada Sandstones with a Morrison Formation caprock. It is situated 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the town of Page, and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north of LeChee Rock, on Navajo Nation land, towering over 1,000 feet above the surrounding terrain as an iconic landmark of the area. Precipitation runoff from this feature drains into Lake Powell, which is part of the Colorado River drainage basin. The first ascent of Tower Butte was made October 23, 1994, by Jason Keith and David Insley. However, they were not the first to visit the summit as they reported finding litter from prior helicopter landings. An outfit operating out of Page flies helicopter sightseeing flights which land on the flat top of the butte where tourists have panoramic views of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Lake Powell, and Navajo Mountain.
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Wikidata Q49084422, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1606 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road
- 20.2 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
135 named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle Rock: 2.3 mi
- Boundary Butte: 2.5 mi
- Dominguez Butte: 4.5 mi
- Tse Binjoobaahi: 5.6 mi
- Padres Butte: 5.6 mi
- Navajo Arch: 2.0 mi
- Diagenetic Arch: 5.6 mi
- Lower Antelope Canyon: 7.3 mi
- Ken's Tours: 7.3 mi
- Lower Antelope Canyon: 7.3 mi
- Dewey Seep: 11.7 mi
- Wiregrass Spring: 17.6 mi
- Harry Colwes Spring: 21.9 mi
- Maple Seep: 22.4 mi
- Lowrey Spring: 22.4 mi
- Autumn Magallanes Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Harveys Fear Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Chaiyahi Rim: 23.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park: 1.0 mi
- Golliard Park: 8.5 mi
- Jack Doland Field: 9.0 mi
- John C Page Park: 9.0 mi
- Elm Street Fitness Park: 9.4 mi
- Lone Rock Beach: 13.0 mi
- Paria Beach: 18.1 mi
- Sandbar: 24.2 mi
- Wilson Ranch: 18.4 mi
- Copper Mine Trading Post: 24.7 mi
- John Wesley Powell Museum: 9.0 mi
- Lee's Ferry: 16.8 mi
- Echo Peaks Fall: 17.5 mi
- Owl Bridge: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tower Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo Mountain / Naatsisʼáán | E 80° | 3,148 m | 24.7 mi |
| Blondie Knoll | NNE 32° | 2,296 m | 24.1 mi |
| Navajo Point | NE 49° | 2,249 m | 21.1 mi |
| Powells Monument | WSW 248° | 2,042 m | 22.1 mi |
| Octagon Butte | E 100° | 2,036 m | 17.4 mi |
| Many Ghosts Hill | S 181° | 1,861 m | 22.6 mi |
| Haystack Rock | E 89° | 1,859 m | 23.8 mi |
| Balanced Rock Mesa | E 89° | 1,856 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 41 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 78 | 83 | 81 | 72 | 59 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Page, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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