Horseshoe Mesa facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Horseshoe Mesa
(remote view)-Horseshoe Mesa at distance across the Colorado River (Krishna Shrine and its prominence, left)
Highest point
Elevation	5,246 ft (1,599 m)
Prominence	346 ft (105 m)
Isolation	1.16 mi (1.87 km)
Parent peak	Unnamed butte
Geography
Location	Grand Canyon National Park Coconino County, Arizona, US
Parent range	Kaibab Plateau Colorado Plateau
Topo map	USGS Cape Royal
Geology
Age of rock	Pennsylvanian down to Cambrian
Mountain type	sedimentary rock: sandstone-(prominence-cliff), siltstone, mudstone, limestone, shale
Type of rock	Supai Group, Redwall Limestone, Muav Limestone, Bright Angel Shale

Horseshoe Mesa is a 5,246-foot-elevation mesa-summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, USA. It is located 1.5 mi south of the Colorado River and Granite Gorge; also 4 mi due-south of the Cape Royal overlook, and ~2.0 mi northwest from Grandview Point, of the East South Rim, Grand Canyon. The Grandview Trail descends to Horseshoe Mesa, then drops down to meet the (mostly horizontal trail, on the Tonto Platform), the Tonto Trail.

Horseshoe Mesa is shaped like a horseshoe, legs facing due-north towards the Colorado. The mesa is a mostly flat upper platform of Redwall Limestone, with its tall cliffs elevating the mesa. A peak of Supai Group is the prominence, at the mesa's south end.

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Horseshoe Mesa from Grandview Point

Horseshoe Mesa centered in lower half of frame