Temple Butte

Temple Butte
Temple Butte, and Lava Butte. Temple Butte is the mountain formation almost impossible to see that is located in the left background of this photo in front of a higher mountain formation with a black wall. Just behind Temple Butte is a higher mountain formation with a black wall, which is Chuar Butte.
Highest point
Elevation	5,308 ft (1,618 m)[1]
Prominence	859 ft (262 m)[1]
Parent peak	Chuar Butte (6,500 ft)[1]
Isolation	1.77 mi (2.85 km)[1]
Coordinates	36°09′45″N 111°49′26″W / 36.16250°N 111.82389°W / 36.16250; -111.82389[2]
Geography
Temple_Butte Location in Arizona (confluence of the Little Colorado and Colorado rivers)
Location	Palisades of the Desert,[3] East Rim, Grand Canyon
Settlement	Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
Parent range	East Rim, 2-mi[4] south of Little Colorado River with Colorado
Topo map	USGS Cape Solitude
Geology
Mountain type	sedimentary rock: sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, limestone, shale, sandstone
Type of rock	Supai Group-(unit 4, eroded-prominence), Esplanade Sandstone), Supai Group, Redwall Limestone, (Tonto Group-(3 units)), 3_Muav Limestone, 2_Bright Angel Shale, 1_Tapeats Sandstone
Climbing
Easiest route	class 4 climbing[1]

Temple Butte, in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, US is a prominence below the East Rim. The butte lies on the west bank of the south-flowing Colorado River. The outfall from the Little Colorado River, draining from the Painted Desert to the east and southeast, is about two miles upstream.

Temple Butte is 5,308 feet (1,618 m) in elevation. It is the historical site of some wreckage of the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision. It was first thought that smoke from Temple Butte, was due to a lightning strike fire, but later was found to be the result of the mid-air collision.

A closer view of Chuar and Temple Buttes.