Juno Temple (Grand Canyon) Explained

Juno Temple
(Grand Canyon)
Photo Size:280px
Label:Juno Temple
Label Position:right
Elevation Ft:6896
Prominence Ft:396
Isolation Mi:1.08
Isolation Ref:[1]
Parent Peak:Jupiter Temple
Location:Grand Canyon National Park
Coconino County, Arizona, US
Range:Kaibab Plateau
(Walhalla Plateau)
Colorado Plateau
Map:Arizona#USA
Map Size:230
Coordinates:36.1504°N -111.8917°W
Topo:USGS Walhalla Plateau
Age:Pennsylvaniandown to Cambrian
Type:sedimentary rock

sandstone-(prominence-cliff), siltstone, mudstone, sandstone, shale

Rock:Supai Group,
Redwall Limestone,
Muav Limestone,
Bright Angel Shale
First Ascent:September 3, 1961 Harvey Butchart[2]

Juno Temple is a 6,896-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is located 1.5 miles east-northeast of the Cape Final overlook, and is about 1.0 mi north of Jupiter Temple, its nearest high neighbor. It also lies about 3.5 miles from the Colorado River, at the headwaters of the Basalt Creek and Canyon watershed, its major drainage on its east flank.

Unlike its Jupiter Temple neighbor which has a prominence of Coconino Sandstone on a long ridgeline, Juno Temple is a ridgeline of eroded Supai Group, and is stained dark, unlike the often bright, orange-reds of the common Supai Group “redbeds”.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Juno Temple – 6,896' AZ . Lists of John . January 30, 2021 .
  2. Web site: CONTENTdm.