{{Short description|Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Lyell Butte | other_name = | image = Lyell Butte.jpg | image_caption = Lyell Butte, south aspect | label = Lyell Butte | label_position = bottom | elevation_ft = 5362 | elevation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web |url = https://listsofjohn.com/peak/74910 |title = Lyell Butte – 5,362' AZ |website = Lists of John |access-date = 2021-02-13 }}</ref> | prominence_ft = 502 | prominence_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn"/> | isolation_mi = 1.55 | isolation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn"/> | parent_peak = Newton Butte (5,940 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | country = United States | state = Arizona | region = Coconino | region_type = County | part_type = Protected area | part = Grand Canyon National Park | range = Coconino Plateau<br />Colorado Plateau | etymology = Charles Lyell | map = Arizona#USA | map_size = 230 | map_caption = Location in Arizona | coordinates = {{coord|36.0470086|N|112.0288279|W|type:mountain_region:US-AZ_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=7553 |name=Lyell Butte |accessdate=2021-02-13}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Phantom Ranch'' | rock = sandstone, limestone, shale | first_ascent = 1970 | easiest_route = {{YDS|4}} climbing<ref name="listsofjohn"/> }}
'''Lyell Butte''' is a {{convert|5362|ft|adj=on}} elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.<ref name="gnis"/> It is situated {{convert|6|mi|spell=in}} east of Grand Canyon Village, immediately east of and below Shoshone Point, and 1.5 mile southeast of Newton Butte, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as Lyell Butte rises {{convert|2,800|ft}} above the Colorado River in 1.5 mile (2.4 km). Access is via the Tonto Trail which traverses the base of the peak. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Lyell Butte is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone, with precipitation runoff draining northeast to the Colorado River via Grapevine and Boulder Creeks.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref>
==History== Lyell Butte was named in 1906 after Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875), eminent Scottish geologist best known as the author of ''Principles of Geology''.<ref>Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, ''The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, p. 159.</ref> This feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.<ref name="gnis"/> The first ascent of Lyell Butte was made January 24, 1970, by Alan Doty via the northwest face/chimney.<ref>Harvey Butchart, ''Grand Canyon Treks 12,000 Miles Through the Grand Canyon'', 1998, Spotted Dog Press, p. 131.</ref><ref>Aaron Tomasi, ''Grand Canyon Summits Select An Obscure Compilation of Sixty-nine Remote Ascent Routes in the Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry'', 2001, {{ISBN|9780971088009}}, p. 47.</ref> thumb|center|130px|Sir Charles Lyell
==Geology== Lyell Butte is composed of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, with a dome of the basal layer of Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group on top which dips to the northeast.<ref>N.H. Darton, ''Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona'', 1917, pp. 12, 62.</ref> The cliff-forming Redwall overlays the Cambrian Tonto Group, and below that Paleoproterozoic Vishnu Basement Rocks at river level in Granite Gorge.<ref>William Kenneth Hamblin, ''Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology'', 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, {{ISBN|9781934656013}}.</ref> thumb|center|440px|Newton Butte centered, Lyell Butte to left. Newberry Butte to right on opposite side of Granite Gorge ==See also== * Geology of the Grand Canyon area ==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{stack|{{commons category}}}} * Weather forecast: [https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=36.0466&lon=-112.0292#.YChswzKSmUk National Weather Service] {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Lyell Butte | North = The Howlands Butte | Northeast = Angels Gate | ENE = Newberry Butte | East = | ESE = Horseshoe Mesa | Southeast = Grandview Point | South = Grapevine Creek | Southwest = Coconino Plateau | West = Shoshone Point | Northwest = Newton Butte }}
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