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Robbers Roost Spring

Robbers Roost Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Robbers Roost Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,521 m. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the north-northeast, 1.1 miles off. Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.28050, -112.08883

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 43
Attractions: 25
  • Grand Canyon North Rim: 6.1 mi
  • Kolb Arch: 6.7 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Natural Arch: 8.2 mi
  • Roosevelt Trailhead: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Upper Ribbon Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Upper Ribbon Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Ribbon Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cheyava Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Thunder River Falls: 22.1 mi
Parks: 6
  • Cottonwood Campground: 8.1 mi
  • Bright Angel Campground: 12.4 mi
  • Havasupai Gardens Campground: 14.2 mi
  • Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 14.4 mi
  • House Rock Valley Buffalo Range: 23.5 mi
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Boat Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Pipe Creek Beach: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Manzanita Rest Area: 7.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Robbers Roost Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindbergh HillNNE 19°2,718 m1.1 mi
V T HillNNW 348°2,705 m11.8 mi
Saddle MountainENE 74°2,566 m8.0 mi
Tritle PeakESE 116°2,505 m8.7 mi
Sullivan PeakE 98°2,469 m5.8 mi
Mount HaydenE 95°2,450 m6.7 mi
Brady PeakESE 110°2,440 m7.4 mi
Siegfried PyreESE 120°2,414 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
June solstice05:1219:1219:50
September equinox06:1717:5318:27
December solstice07:3716:3817:18

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272834404958636155443427
Precip in3.63.52.91.60.80.41.82.71.91.81.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bright Angel RS, 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).

  • quaking aspen13 obs
  • Weidemeyer's Admiral10 obs
  • American Bison9 obs
  • slendertube skyrocket8 obs
  • Greater Short-horned Lizard7 obs
  • great mullein7 obs
  • Wild Turkey6 obs
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2006092585

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