Juno Temple (Grand Canyon)

Juno Temple (Grand Canyon)
Jupiter Temple (center) and lower elevation, black-topped ridgeline (left) of Juno Temple
Highest point
Elevation	6,896 ft (2,102 m)
Prominence	396 ft (121 m)
Parent peak	Jupiter Temple
Isolation	1.08 mi (1.74 km)
Coordinates	36.1504°N 111.8917°W / 36.1504; -111.8917
Geography
Juno Temple Location in Arizona Juno Temple Juno Temple (the United States)
Location	Grand Canyon National Park Coconino County, Arizona, US
Parent range	Kaibab Plateau (Walhalla Plateau) Colorado Plateau
Topo map	USGS Walhalla Plateau
Geology
Rock age	Pennsylvanian down to Cambrian
Mountain type(s)	sedimentary rock: sandstone-(prominence-cliff), siltstone, mudstone, sandstone, shale
Rock type	Supai Group, Redwall Limestone, Muav Limestone, Bright Angel Shale
Climbing
First ascent	September 3, 1961 Harvey Butchart

Juno Temple is a 6,896-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is located 1.5 miles east-northeast of the Cape Final overlook, and is about 1.0 mi north of Jupiter Temple, its nearest high neighbor. It also lies about 3.5 miles from the Colorado River, at the headwaters of the Basalt Creek and Canyon watershed, its major drainage on its east flank.

Unlike its Jupiter Temple neighbor which has a prominence of Coconino Sandstone on a long ridgeline, Juno Temple is a ridgeline of eroded Supai Group, and is stained dark, unlike the often bright, orange-reds of the common Supai Group “redbeds”.

References

Aerial view, Juno Temple centered, east aspect.

External links

• Aerial view, Juno Temple, Mountainzone
• Juno Temple photo by Harvey Butchart