Rama Shrine, Grand Canyon National Park

Name: Rama Shrine
Address: Grand Canyon National Park, United States

#52 among attractions in Grand Canyon National Park

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Rama Shrine is a 6,406-foot -elevation platform-summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. The Shrine is named for Rama, the Hindu god of chivalry and virtue. The landform is attached at the southeast to the Vishnu Temple massif, about 1.0 mile distant. Rama Shrine is about 3.0 miles southeast of the Cape Royal overlook, Walhalla Plateau. A twin landform occupies the southwest of Vishnu Temple, the Krishna Shrine. Rama Shrine towers about 4,000 feet above the Colorado River, about 2.0 miles southeast. Drainages to the Colorado are east and southeast; between the two Shrines, is the south Asbestos Canyon drainage.The Rama Shrine prominence is a rectangular platform of the Supai Group, the cliff-former, hard Esplanade Sandstone. Remainder debris of very-shallow slopes of burnt-red Hermit Shale cover the horizontal platform. ()

Coordinates: 36°4'42"N, 111°55'26"W

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Rama Shrine – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cape Royal Trail, Ochoa Point, Newberry Butte, Sheba Temple.

3.3 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail, Scenic drives
Cape Royal Trail, Grand Canyon National Park
85 min walk • The Cape Royal Trail is a hiking trail on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of Arizona.
3.9 miNE
Cliff
Ochoa Point, Grand Canyon National Park
99 min walk • Ochoa Point is a 4,761-foot-elevation cliff-summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. The landform is on a southeast ridgeline from Apollo Temple, with the Ochoa Point prominence on its southeast terminus.
2.9 miSW
Butte
Newberry Butte, Grand Canyon National Park
76 min walk • Newberry Butte is a 5,105-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated 4.5 miles north of the South Rim's Grandview Point, three miles southwest of Vishnu Temple, and 2.5 miles south of Wotans Throne.
1.3 miS
Mountain
Sheba Temple, Grand Canyon National Park
33 min walk • Sheba Temple is a 4,990-foot-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.
3.8 miW
Mountain
Angels Gate, Grand Canyon National Park
97 min walk • Angels Gate is a 6,761-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, United States. It is situated seven miles due north of the Grandview Point overlook on the canyon's South Rim, three miles west of Vishnu Temple, and three point five miles southeast of Zoroaster Temple.
1 miNW
Mountain
Vishnu Temple, Grand Canyon National Park
26 min walk • Vishnu Temple is a 7,533-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US. It is situated two miles south-southeast of the Cape Royal overlook on the canyon's North Rim, 1.5 mile south of Freya Castle, and two miles east-southeast of Wotans Throne, its nearest higher neighbor.
2.4 miN
Mountain
Freya Castle, Grand Canyon National Park
61 min walk • Freya Castle is a 7,288-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated one mile southeast of the Cape Royal overlook on the canyon's North Rim, 1.5 mile north of Vishnu Temple, and 1.7 mile northeast of Wotans Throne.
4.7 miSW
Mountain
Horseshoe Mesa, Grand Canyon National Park
121 min walk • Horseshoe Mesa is a 5,246-foot-elevation mesa-summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US.
4.3 miNE
Mountain
Jupiter Temple, Grand Canyon National Park
110 min walk • Jupiter Temple is a 7,084-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.
1.5 miS
Butte
Solomon Temple, Grand Canyon National Park
39 min walk • Solomon Temple is a 5,121-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, USA. It is situated four miles north of Moran Point, 3.5 miles east of Newberry Butte, and 1.5 mile southeast of Rama Shrine, its nearest higher neighbor.
4.7 miE
Mountain
Cardenas Butte, Grand Canyon National Park
120 min walk • Cardenas Butte is a 6,281-foot-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, Southwestern United States. Cardenas Butte is named for García López de Cárdenas, the first European to see the Grand Canyon.