Newberry Butte is a 5,105-foot-elevation (1,556-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US.
Topographic relief is significant as it rises over 2,500 feet (760 meters) above the Colorado River and Granite Gorge in one mile.
[5] After returning, Newberry convinced fellow geologist John Wesley Powell that a boat run through the Grand Canyon to complete the survey would be worth the risk.
[2] This butte is an erosional remnant composed of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, which overlays the Cambrian Tonto Group.
[6] Precipitation runoff from Newberry Butte drains southwest to the Colorado River via Vishnu Creek.