# Newberry Butte > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Newberry_Butte > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Newberry_Butte.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry_Butte > Source revision: 1355917167 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Newberry Butte | image = Newberry Butte.jpg | image_caption = South aspect, (Vishnu Temple to right) | label = Newberry Butte | label_position = bottom | elevation_ft = 5105 | elevation_ref = {{cite web |url = https://listsofjohn.com/peak/75373 |title = Newberry Butte – 5,105' AZ |website = Lists of John |access-date = 2021-01-18 }} | prominence_ft = 645 | prominence_ref = | isolation_mi = 1.29 | isolation_ref = | parent_peak = Peak 5659 | country = United States | state = [Arizona](/source/Arizona) | region = [Coconino](/source/Coconino_County%2C_Arizona) | region_type = County | part_type = Protected area | part = [Grand Canyon National Park](/source/Grand_Canyon_National_Park) | range = [Kaibab Plateau](/source/Kaibab_Plateau)
[Colorado Plateau](/source/Colorado_Plateau) | map = USA Arizona#USA | map_size = 230 | map_caption = Location in Arizona | coordinates = {{coord|36.0618884|N|111.9729534|W|type:mountain_region:US-AZ_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=8637 |name=Newberry Butte |accessdate=2021-01-18}} | topo = [USGS](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) ''Cape Royal'' | rock = [Redwall Limestone](/source/Redwall_Limestone) | first_ascent = 1963 by [Harvey Butchart](/source/Harvey_Butchart)Aaron Tomasi, Pernell Tomasi, ''Grand Canyon Summits Select An Obscure Compilation of Sixty-nine Remote Ascent Routes in the Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry'', 2001, {{ISBN|978-0971088009}}, p. 68. | easiest_route = {{YDS|4}} [climbing](/source/climbing) }} '''Newberry Butte''' is a {{convert|5,105|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} summit located in the [Grand Canyon](/source/Grand_Canyon), in [Coconino County](/source/Coconino_County%2C_Arizona) of northern [Arizona](/source/Arizona), [US](/source/Southwestern_United_States). It is situated 4.5 miles north of the South Rim's Grandview Point, three miles southwest of [Vishnu Temple](/source/Vishnu_Temple_(Grand_Canyon)), and 2.5 miles south of [Wotans Throne](/source/Wotans_Throne). [Topographic relief](/source/Topographic_relief) is significant as it rises over {{convert|2,500|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above the [Colorado River](/source/Colorado_River) and Granite Gorge in one mile. According to the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification) system, Newberry Butte is located in a [Cold semi-arid climate](/source/Cold_semi-arid_climate) zone.{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}} ==Etymology== thumb|left|80px|Newberry Newberry Butte is named for [John Strong Newberry](/source/John_Strong_Newberry) (1822–1892), the geologist for an 1858 expedition headed by Lieutenant [Joseph Christmas Ives](/source/Joseph_Christmas_Ives) which explored the Colorado River up to the lower Grand Canyon.N.H. Darton, ''Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona'', 1917, p. 80. After returning, Newberry convinced fellow geologist [John Wesley Powell](/source/John_Wesley_Powell) that a boat run through the Grand Canyon to complete the survey would be worth the risk. Powell would later lead the [Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869](/source/Powell_Geographic_Expedition_of_1869) to explore the region. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the [U.S. Board on Geographic Names](/source/U.S._Board_on_Geographic_Names). ==Geology== thumb|240px This [butte](/source/butte) is an erosional remnant composed of [Mississippian](/source/Mississippian_(geology)) [Redwall Limestone](/source/Redwall_Limestone), which overlays the [Cambrian](/source/Cambrian) [Tonto Group](/source/Tonto_Group).N.H. Darton, ''Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona'', 1917, pp. 14, 42, 59. Precipitation [runoff](/source/Surface_runoff) from Newberry Butte drains southwest to the Colorado River via Vishnu Creek. ==Gallery==
File:Newberry butte.jpg|Newberry Butte (Vishnu Temple to right) File:Newberry Butte from Moran Point.jpg|Newberry Butte (centered in bullseye) seen from Moran Point File:Newberry Butte east aspect.jpg|East aspect
==See also== * [Geology of the Grand Canyon area](/source/Geology_of_the_Grand_Canyon_area) * [Solomon Temple](/source/Solomon_Temple_(Grand_Canyon)) ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{stack|{{commons category|Newberry Butte}}}} * Weather forecast: [https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=36.0623&lon=-111.9724#.YAZZmjmSmUk National Weather Service] * [https://archive.library.nau.edu/digital/collection/cpa/id/85660/rec/3 Newberry Butte photo] by [Harvey Butchart](/source/Harvey_Butchart) {{Geology of the Grand Canyon area||state=collapsed}} Category:Grand Canyon Category:Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona Category:Buttes of Arizona Category:One-thousanders of the United States Category:Colorado Plateau Category:Grand Canyon National Park --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Newberry Butte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry_Butte) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry_Butte?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.