Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Kane County, Utah, U.S.
Parent range
Colorado Plateau
Topo map
USGS Gunsight Butte
Geology
Age of rock
Jurassic
Type of rock
Entrada Sandstone
Gunsight Butte is a 4,678-foot-elevation (1,426 m) sandstone summit located in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in Kane County of southern Utah.[2] It is situated 12 miles (19 km) northeast of the town of Page. Gunsight Butte is an island that towers nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) above Lake Powell when the lake is full. This iconic landmark of the Lake Powell area is a butte composed primarily of Entrada Sandstone, similar to Padres Butte 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east-southeast, and Dominguez Butte 4 miles (6.4 km) to the southeast. The Entrada Sandstone of Gunsight Butte is overlain by Romana Sandstone, and capped by Morrison Formation.[3] The Entrada Sandstone, which was originally deposited as sandy mud on a tidal flat, is believed to have formed about 160 million years ago during the Jurassic period as a giant sand sea, the largest in Earth's history. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Gunsight Butte is located in an arid climate zone with hot, very dry summers, and chilly winters with very little snow.[4]
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GunsightButte is a 4,678-foot-elevation (1,426 m) sandstone summit located in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in Kane County of southern Utah. It...
afterwards (most recently in 1992 by Condon). It was divided into the GunsightButte, Cannonville, and Escalante members by Thompson and Stokes in 1970....
of Entrada Sandstone, similar to Romana Mesa immediately south, and GunsightButte 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. The Entrada Sandstone is overlain by...
bounded by Alstrom Point and the island of GunsightButte on the west and Gooseneck Point on the east. Cookie Jar Butte lies between them on the north shore...
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Padres Butte is a butte near the tip of Padre Point on the south shore of Lake Powell in San Juan County, Utah, United States. The summit of the butte has...
Cookie Jar Butte is a tower in Kane County, Utah, in the United States with an elevation of 4,311 feet (1,314 m). It is located in Padre Bay on the north...
Dominguez Butte is a 4,476-foot (1,364 meter) elevation sandstone summit located south of Lake Powell, in San Juan County of southern Utah. It is situated...
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as applying the term Panamint in 1860 during his search for the fabled Gunsight Lode. The orographic identity has been liberally applied for decades to...
Trail (2004) Rain Valley (2004) Outlaw Town (2004) Pinon Range (2004) The Gunsight Affair (2004) The Man from Copy County (2004) Sixshooter Trail (2004) Law...
(1947) as Johnny Land of the Lawless (1947) as Johnny Mack The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947) as Johnny Macklin Code of the Saddle (1947) as John Macklin Flashing...
Nicholas Potosi/Deputy J.D. Smith/Calhoun Durango Episodes "Massacre at Gunsight Pass"/"A Man Called Ragan" (The Dakotas pilot) /"The Durango Brothers"...
Arthur, William Holden United States traditional Western Bad Man from Red Butte Ray Taylor Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker, Fuzzy Knight United States B Western...
(1950) The Lone Ranger West of Maverick Pass (1951) The Lone Ranger on Gunsight Mesa (1952) The Lone Ranger and the Bitter Spring Feud (1953) The Lone...
It Big Cowboy Joe Trigger Trail Echo Allergic to Love Charlie Trail to Gunsight Horatius Van Sickle The Singing Sheriff Fuzzy Riders of the Santa Fe Bullseye...
William Heuman Hardcase Halloran (1964) F-260 WE Louis Trimble Trouble At Gunsight / Brian Garfield Trail Drive F-261 SF Samuel R. Delany The Towers of Toron...
cleft on its western side (visible in the image at right) is known as "Gunsight" because of its resemblance to the narrow slot in a fort used for firing...
Santa Rosa Castillo Family Cemetery Sasabe Garcia Ranch Cemetery Schuchuli Gunsight Cemetery (Tohono O'Odham Nation Reservation) Sells Big Fields Cemetery...
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