| LeChee Rock | |
| Other Name: | Leche Benchmark |
| Elevation Ft: | 5900 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 730 |
| Isolation Mi: | 11.39 |
| Parent Peak: | Point 5940 |
| Map: | Arizona#USA |
| Map Size: | 230 |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Location: | Navajo Reservation Coconino County, Arizona, U.S. |
| Range: | Colorado Plateau |
| Coordinates: | 36.8636°N -111.3096°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
| Topo: | USGS LeChee Rock |
| Rock: | Sandstone |
| Age: | Jurassic |
LeChee Rock is a 5900adj=midNaNadj=mid sandstone feature located south of Lake Powell, in Coconino County of northern Arizona.[2] It is situated 9miles east-southeast of the town of Page, 8miles east of the community of LeChee, and 7.5miles south of Tower Butte, on Navajo Nation land, where it towers over 900feet above the surrounding terrain as a landmark of the area. It can be seen from nearby Arizona State Route 98, or from as far away as Alstrom Point. LeChee (Łichíí) in Navajo language means red, referring to burgundy-colored leaves of a medicinal plant.[3] The spelling for this geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 2004 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, prior to that it was officially Leche-e Rock.[2]
LeChee Rock is located in the southern edge of the Great Basin Desert on the Colorado Plateau. It is composed of Romana Sandstone overlaying the Escalante Member of Entrada Sandstone, capped by the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation. Beneath the sandstone, along the base of this feature, is reddish Carmel Formation which gives this feature its name.[4] [5] All the strata are Jurassic in age. Precipitation runoff from this feature drains to Navajo and Antelope Canyons, then Lake Powell, all part of the Colorado River drainage basin.
According to the Köppen climate classification system, LeChee Rock is located in an arid climate zone with hot, very dry summers, and chilly winters with very little snow. Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit.