Hancock Butte (Arizona)
Hancock Butte is a 7,683-foot-elevation (2,342 meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, USA.[2] It is situated one mile south of the Point Imperial viewpoint on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers 3,700 feet (1,130 meters) above Nankoweap Canyon. Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Hayden, one mile to the north-northeast, and Brady Peak is 1.5 mile to the southeast. Hancock Butte is named after William A. Hancock (1831–1902), a pioneer and politician of the Arizona Territory known for performing the survey work required to create the town of Phoenix and erecting the first building there in 1870.[2] This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[2] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Hancock Butte is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.[3]
| Hancock Butte | |
|---|---|
 North aspect centered, from Point Imperial | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,683 ft (2,342 m) [1] |
| Prominence | 463 ft (141 m) [1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Hayden (8,362 ft)[1] |
| Isolation | 0.81 mi (1.30 km) [1] |
| Coordinates | 36°15′42″N 111°58′29″W [2] |
| Geography | |
  Hancock Butte Location in Arizona  Hancock Butte Hancock Butte (the United States) | |
| Location | Grand Canyon National Park Coconino County, Arizona, US |
| Parent range | Kaibab Plateau Colorado Plateau |
| Topo map | USGS Point Imperial |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Permian |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Alan Doty, October 1976 |
| Easiest route | class 5.1 climbing[1] |
Geology
Hancock Butte is a butte composed of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group overlaying the cliff-forming Mississippian Redwall Limestone.[4] Precipitation runoff from this feature drains east into the Colorado River via Nankoweap Creek.
Gallery
William Augustus Hancock
Aerial view with south aspect front and center, Mt. Hayden to right, Point Imperial centered at top
Mt. Hayden to left, Hancock Butte lower right
Hancock Butte lower left.jpg.webp)
Aerial view of Hancock Butte with Mt. Hayden behind it.
See also
References
- "Hancock Butte - 7,683' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- "Hancock Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
- William Kenneth Hamblin, Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, ISBN 9781934656013.
External links
- Weather forecast: National Weather Service