Saddle Horse Spring
Saddle Horse Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,347 m. Mount Trumbull stands 2,441 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wings of Time, a attraction 0.2 miles away. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
How to reach it
124 named places within 25 miles
- Vulcan's Throne: 1.4 mi
- McKee Point: 3.3 mi
- Mount Emma: 6.9 mi
- The Dome: 9.2 mi
- Slide Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Honga Springs: 1.5 mi
- Warm Springs: 2.7 mi
- Warm Springs: 2.7 mi
- Warm Springs: 2.7 mi
- Cement Tank Spring: 7.2 mi
- Toroweap Point: 1.3 mi
- Lava Falls: 2.7 mi
- Big Point: 4.6 mi
- Toroweap Cliffs: 4.9 mi
- Tuckup Point: 5.4 mi
- Whitmore Rapids: 9.9 mi
- Beaver Falls: 18.5 mi
- Mooney Falls: 19.5 mi
- Fiftyfoot Falls: 19.8 mi
- Havasu Falls: 20.0 mi
- Wings of Time: 0.2 mi
- TUWEEP Church: 5.8 mi
- Grand Canyon National Park: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saddle Horse Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trumbull | NNW 340° | 2,441 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Logan | NW 316° | 2,388 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Emma | WNW 291° | 2,342 m | 6.9 mi |
| Slide Mountain | NW 317° | 2,308 m | 9.3 mi |
| Petty Knoll | NW 318° | 2,292 m | 9.9 mi |
| Craigs Knoll | NNW 340° | 2,188 m | 17.1 mi |
| Prospect Point | S 190° | 2,098 m | 20.1 mi |
| Yellow John Mountain | WSW 257° | 2,056 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:15 | 19:54 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:57 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:42 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
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).
- Echinocereus canyonensis20 obs
- Plains Pricklypear12 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus11 obs
- Banana Yucca8 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard6 obs
- Colorado Four o'Clock6 obs
- Trailing Windmills6 obs
- Brown-spined Pricklypear6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2006092696
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