Silver Grotto
Silver Grotto is a spring in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 969 m. Lindbergh Hill stands 2,718 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Vaseys Paradise, a spring 2.5 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 969 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
- 16.6 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic View Vermillion Cliffs · 18 mi
- Lookout Vermillion Cliffs · 19 mi
- Bison Watching Spot · 21 mi
- Coconino Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cane Cairn: 3.1 mi
- Shinumo Altar: 9.3 mi
- Point Hansbrough: 10.3 mi
- Cinyon Otah: 10.8 mi
- 1434: 11.8 mi
- Vaseys Paradise: 2.5 mi
- Hanging Springs: 3.8 mi
- Cane Springs: 12.4 mi
- Emmett Spring: 12.8 mi
- Tater Canyon Springs: 13.3 mi
- Rock Point: 3.4 mi
- South Canyon Point: 3.5 mi
- Eminence Break: 6.3 mi
- Tatahatso Point: 8.2 mi
- Buck Farm Point: 8.4 mi
- Redwall Cavern: 2.7 mi
- Vaseys Paradise: 2.8 mi
- The Bridge of Sighs: 5.0 mi
- Ancient Pathway Monument: 12.3 mi
- Saddle Canyon: 12.4 mi
- House Rock Valley Buffalo Range: 4.5 mi
- Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 14.7 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 22.3 mi
- Saddle Mountain Wilderness: 11.4 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 21.7 mi
- Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness: 24.5 mi
- Sandbar: 18.7 mi
- Copper Mine Trading Post: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Silver Grotto. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindbergh Hill | SW 221° | 2,718 m | 21.3 mi |
| V T Hill | WSW 251° | 2,705 m | 17.7 mi |
| Telephone Hill | W 274° | 2,697 m | 18.3 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | SSW 204° | 2,566 m | 16.4 mi |
| Tritle Peak | SSW 197° | 2,505 m | 22.0 mi |
| Sullivan Peak | SSW 205° | 2,469 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Hayden | SSW 203° | 2,450 m | 19.3 mi |
| Brady Peak | SSW 200° | 2,440 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:11 | 19:50 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:52 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 63 | 61 | 55 | 44 | 34 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bright Angel RS, 25 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).
- Sacred Datura4 obs
- Red-spotted Toad3 obs
- Utah Agave3 obs
- Canyon Tree Frog3 obs
- mule fat2 obs
- Roundleaf buffaloberry2 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard2 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359288363
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