Mescalero Point


Mescalero Point is a -cliff-elevation point located in the central,, Grand Canyon, Coconino [County, Arizona|Coconino County] of northern Arizona, United States. Mescalero Point is 3.6 miles from its closest highest scenic viewpoint, Yuma Point, located east at Eremita Mesa, at the northeast, overlooking Central Hermit Canyon.

Mescalero Point is in a region of points, at the headwaters of canyons, and landforms below the South Rim. Jicarilla Point lies ~1.0 mile west-northwest, and Mimbreno Point lies ~0.7 miles southeast.

Mescalero Point is distinctive because it has separated from the water divide between two canyons, by flat and forested, Diana [Temple (Grand Canyon)|Diana Temple], which is narrow and linear, about a mile long. A saddle, about 0.1 mi long separates Mescalero Point from Diana Temple. Mescalero Point is at the headwaters of Slate Canyon, northwest, and Topaz Canyon, southeast.

Geology

Mescalero Point is composed of horizontally-layered cliff-former Kaibab Limestone, and is mostly buff, or tan-white. The cliffs of Kaibab Limestone sit upon Toroweap Formation slopes, upon buff-white cliffs of Coconino Sandstone. Below are slopes of burnt-red Hermit Shale upon the red-orange Supai Group, which sit on upper platforms of the cliffs of Redwall Limestone. The Redwall sits on units of the Cambrian Tonto Group.