Cope Butte

{{Short description|Land formation in the Grand Canyon of Arizona}}

{{more citations needed|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Cope Butte

| photo = Grand Canyon Village, AZ 86023, USA - panoramio (44).jpg

| photo_caption = (view due-north)-Cope Butte on Granite Gorge, opposite Ninetyfour Mile Creek & Canyon, and Tower of Set

|label = Cope Butte

|label_position= right

| elevation_ft = 4,528

| elevation_ref = {{cite web |url = https://listsofjohn.com/peak/76274 |title = Cope Butte, AZ - 4,528' AZ

|website = Lists of John |access-date = January 15, 2021 }}

| prominence_ft = 388

| prominence_ref =

| location = Grand Canyon
Coconino County, Arizona. U.S.

| range =

| parent_peak = Whites Butte

| isolation = 2.02

| map = USA Arizona#USA

| map_size = 180

| map_caption = none

| coordinates = {{coord|36.0875|N|112.1074|W|}}

| coordinates_ref =

| range_coordinates =

| topo = USPS Grand Canyon

| etymology = Edward Drinker Cope

| age = Mesoproterozoic down to Proterozoic

| type = sedimentary rock

| geology =

| rock = Unknown?-prominence-
(Temple Butte Formation?)
Shinumo Quartzite
Hakatai Shale?
Bass Formation-(Bass Limestone)
Vishnu Basement Rocks-(at Granite Gorge)

| I first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Cope Butte is a {{convert|3,754|ft|adj=on}} prominence adjacent the course of the Colorado River, in the Grand Canyon and sitting on the south side of Granite Gorge. The butte is roughly {{convert|4.5|mi}} northwest of Grand Canyon Village of the central Grand Canyon. The butte has a narrow, triangular footprint, and contains a northwest-by-south slightly arcuate ridgeline spire. The prominence is near the north terminus of the sharp ridgeline, and is composed of white Surprise Canyon Formation.

Cope Butte drains west into the Hermit Canyon watershed (Hermit Creek); the east side of the butte sits on the terminus canyon of Monument Creek (Grand Canyon). Because Cope Butte sits on Granite Gorge (Tonto Platform, south side) the Tonto Trail traverses northwest-to-southeast around the butte's base. The Hermit Trail, from the south, and from Hermits Rest viewpoint (South Rim), excursions down Cathedral Stairs (red Supai Group units), and courses down the southwest base of the butte, to enter Lower Hermit Canyon.

File:Cope Butte from Tonto Trail.jpg]]

File:Cope Butte from Boucher Trail.jpg behind it.
Looking east from Boucher Trail]]