Castor Temple, Grand Canyon National Park

#106 among attractions in Grand Canyon National Park

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Castor is a 6,221-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is situated 11 miles west-northwest of Grand Canyon Village, and less than one mile north of Piute Point. Pollux Temple is one mile southeast, and Geikie Peak is three miles to the east. Topographic relief is significant as Castor Temple rises over 3,800 feet above the Colorado River in two miles. ()

Coordinates: 36°7'44"N, 112°19'7"W

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Grand Canyon National Park United States

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Castor Temple – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tuna Canyon, Boucher Trail, Pollux Temple, Topaz Canyon.

6.1 miNE
Canyon
Tuna Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park
156 min walk • Tuna Canyon is a short, high-angle, descending, narrow canyon in western Grand Canyon, below the North Rim. It lies across Granite Gorge in a region of four canyons, and a fifth smaller canyon, as the Colorado River courses westward around the Point Sublime, ridgelines.
6.6 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail, Park
Boucher Trail, Grand Canyon National Park
169 min walk • The Boucher Trail is a hiking trail of the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of Arizona.
1.1 miSE
Mountain
Pollux Temple, Grand Canyon National Park
28 min walk • Pollux Temple is a 6,251-foot-elevation summit in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated ten miles northwest of Grand Canyon Village, and less than one mile northeast of Jicarilla Point.
4.5 miE
Canyon
Topaz Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park
115 min walk • Topaz Canyon is a linear, narrow canyon in western Grand Canyon, below the South Rim. It lies in a region of four canyons, and a fifth smaller canyon, all trending mostly northeasterly towards the west-flowing Colorado River, in western Grand Canyon National Park.
4.9 miSE
Cliff
Cocopa Point, Grand Canyon National Park
126 min walk • Cocopa Point is a 6,627 foot-cliff-elevation Point located in the central, Grand Canyon, Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.
5.3 miSE
Butte
Whites Butte, Grand Canyon National Park
136 min walk • Whites Butte is a 4,860-foot prominence adjacent the course of the Colorado River near the beginning of the Western Grand Canyon. The butte lies at the terminus of Travertine Canyon, the adjacent canyon west of Hermit Canyon.
3.7 miSE
Mountain
Vesta Temple, Grand Canyon National Park
95 min walk • Vesta Temple is a 6,299-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated eight miles west-northwest of Grand Canyon Village, and immediately northeast of Mimbreno Point.
4.1 miE
Butte
Marsh Butte, Grand Canyon National Park
106 min walk • Marsh Butte is a 4,721-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona.
2.5 miSE
Cliff
Mescalero Point, Grand Canyon National Park
65 min walk • Mescalero Point is a 6,627 foot-cliff-elevation point located in the central, Grand Canyon, Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.
5.9 miNE
Mountain
Mencius Temple, Grand Canyon National Park
150 min walk • Mencius Temple, is a 7,001 ft major butte, part of the twin buttes of Confucius and Mencius Temples, near the beginning of Western Grand Canyon.
2.8 miE
Mountain
Geikie Peak, Grand Canyon National Park
71 min walk • Geikie Peak is a 5,005-foot-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.