Salt Creek Rapids

Salt Creek Rapids is a rapids in Coconino County, Arizona. Salt Creek Rapids is situated nearby to the locality Hopi Wall, as well as near Plateau Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dana Butte and Tower of Set.

Dana Butte

Peak

Dana Butte is a 4,964-foot prominence adjacent to the course of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon and sits on the south side of Granite Gorge. Named for geologist and volcanologist James Dwight Dana, the butte is roughly 2.5 miles north-northwest of Grand Canyon Village of the central Grand Canyon, and lies about 2.0 miles due north of Pima Point.

Tower of Set

Peak

Photo: Notary137, Public domain.

Tower of Set is a 6,012-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US. This butte is situated four miles north of Hopi Point overlook on the canyon's South Rim, two miles southeast of Tower of Ra, and three miles south-southwest of Shiva Temple, where it towers 3,600 feet above the Colorado River. Tower of Set is situated 1½ miles north of Salt Creek Rapids.

Powell Point

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Powell Point is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Salt Creek Rapids.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Canyon Village.

Grand Canyon Village

Village

Photo: Marine 69-71, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Grand Canyon Village is a census-designated place located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Its population was 2,004 at the 2010 Census. Grand Canyon Village is situated 3½ miles southeast of Salt Creek Rapids.

Salt Creek Rapids

Type: Rapids
Category: body of water
Location: Coconino County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.09943° or 36° 5′ 58″ north

Longitude

-112.16989° or 112° 10′ 12″ west

Elevation

2,369 feet (722 metres)

Open location code

85893RXJ+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359251102

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=rapids

GeoNames ID

5312706

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