Saddle Mountain (Grand Canyon) | |
Label: | Saddle Mountain |
Label Position: | right |
Elevation Ft: | 8424 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 883 |
Isolation Mi: | 2.04 |
Isolation Ref: | [2] |
Parent Peak: | Peak 8881 |
Location: | Grand Canyon National Park Coconino County, Arizona, US |
Range: | Kaibab Plateau (Walhalla Plateau) Colorado Plateau |
Map: | Arizona#USA |
Map Size: | 230 |
Coordinates: | 36.312°N -111.95°W |
Topo: | USGS Point Imperial |
Type: | sedimentary rock |
Rock: | Kaibab Limestone, Toroweap Formation, Coconino Sandstone, Hermit Shale, Supai Group, Redwall Limestone, Muav Limestone, Bright Angel Shale |
Age: | Permian-(prominence) |
Saddle Mountain (Grand Canyon) is an 8,424-foot-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is the highest peak within Grand Canyon National Park and it forms a portion of the northeast border of the park. Point Imperial, the last viewpoint north, on the Walhalla Plateau, is ~2.0 southwest. Saddle Mountain contains the Saddle Mountain Wilderness, and the Saddle Mountain Wilderness Trail. The short Saddle Creek drains the mountain to the Colorado River (Marble Canyon region), northeast, and the large Nankoweap Creek drainage drains the entire length of the mountain, about 25 mi, to the south, then east.