Whites Butte
Whites Butte is a 4,860-foot prominence adjacent the course of the Colorado River near the beginning of the Western Grand Canyon. The butte lies at the terminus of Travertine Canyon, the adjacent canyon west of Hermit Canyon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marsh Butte and Vesta Temple.
Marsh Butte
Peak
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Marsh Butte is a 4,721-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is situated eight miles northwest of Grand Canyon Village, immediately east-northeast of Diana Temple, and Tower of Ra stands directly opposite across Granite Gorge.
Vesta Temple
Peak
Vesta Temple is a 6,299-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated eight miles west-northwest of Grand Canyon Village, and immediately northeast of Mimbreno Point. Marsh Butte is one mile northeast, Eremita Mesa immediately southeast, and nearest higher neighbor Diana Temple is one mile north.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Canyon Village.
Grand Canyon Village
Village
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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 6 miles southeast of Whites Butte.
Whites Butte
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,793 feet
- Description: Landform in the Grand Canyon
- Category: landform
- Location: Coconino County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.09776° or 36° 5′ 52″ northLongitude
-112.23156° or 112° 13′ 54″ westElevation
4,793 feet (1,461 metres)Open location code
85893QX9+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 359253508OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Whites Butte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whites Butte”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Whites Butte”. Photo: Tobi 87, CC BY-SA 3.0.