United States Canyon

Grapevine Canyon

238 m from rim to floor.

Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0

The cut

238 metres, to scale.

A slice through Grapevine Canyon where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.

Standing on the floor, to scale: Great Pyramid · 139 m

Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is.

238m

Depth

measured on the 30 m relief model

10.9km

Rim to rim

measured on the 30 m relief model

27°

Steepest wall

average over 300 m, from the relief

513m

Floor altitude

Rim to floor

Afternoons, up top and down below.

In July the afternoon reaches 41 °C. The best months to hike are from February to March and in November. The floor passes 35 °C from June to September: walk at dawn and carry water.

rim · 790 mfloor · 513 m

16°15°Jan
18°17°Feb
23°22°Mar
27°26°Apr
33°31°May
39°38°Jun
41°39°Jul
40°38°Aug
36°35°Sep
29°27°Oct
22°20°Nov
16°14°Dec

Hike: Feb–Mar, NovFloor above 35 °C: Jun–Sep

Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.

Grapevine Canyon is a canyon in United States. The relief model measures 238 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 277 m to the higher one. Rim to rim it is 11 km wide where the cut was taken. It lies within Bridge Canyon Wilderness.

Getting there.

Laughlinnearest town · 12 km in a straight line
Parking 2,460 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphsnearest viewpoint · 3.0 km from the floor
Lake Havasu City Airport (HII)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 79 km in a straight lineCar hire at LAS airport (Las Vegas)Discover Cars · sponsored link
From February to March and in Novemberbest months to hike (estimate)

Plan the visit

Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at LAS airport (Las Vegas)Discover CarsSee prices

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From the sky.

The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.

Grapevine Canyon seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 6 km

ViewpointsParkingInformationToilets

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 24 × 24 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the canyon.

3viewpoints within 5 kmGrapevine Canyon Petroglyphs, Bridge Canyon Viewpoint
2car parks within 3 km
1information boards and visitor centres within 4 km

marked hiking routes within 4 km
via ferrata routes within 4 km
climbing crags within 3 km
footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 km
rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
swimming spots within 3 km
named waterfalls within 4 km
caves within 3 km
bus stops within 2 km
campsites within 8 km
hotels and guesthouses within 8 km
restaurants and cafés within 4 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Laughlin12 km in a straight line
Bullhead City14 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Grapevine Canyon.

The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.

Peakyas8 mountains within 15 km

Mount Newberry · 7.2 kmMiddle Peak · 7.8 kmLoaf Rock · 7.9 kmSpirit Mountain1,720 m · 8.1 kmLittle Peak · 8.4 kmConical Peak · 8.5 kmNorth Peak · 8.9 kmDevils Thumb · 8.9 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather, at the floor and at the rim.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon · floor	16	18	23	27	33	39	41	40	36	29	22	16
Afternoon · rim	15	17	22	26	31	38	39	38	35	27	20	14
Night · rim	2	3	7	10	15	21	25	24	20	13	7	2
Rain (mm)	23	26	14	9	3	2	24	25	15	16	16	19
Rainy days	4	4	4	2	1	0	6	6	4	3	2	3
Sun hours/day	7.6	8.5	10.2	11.8	13.2	14.3	12.0	11.7	11.2	9.8	8.4	7.0
Snow on the ground (cm)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	16	15	2	23	7.6
Feb	18	17	3	26	8.5
Mar	23	22	7	14	10.2
Apr	27	26	10	9	11.8
May	33	31	15	3	13.2
Jun	39	38	21	2	14.3
Jul	41	39	25	24	12.0
Aug	40	38	24	25	11.7
Sep	36	35	20	15	11.2
Oct	29	27	13	16	9.8
Nov	22	20	7	16	8.4
Dec	16	14	2	19	7.0

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (513 m) and the rim (790 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Seen from the trail.

Grapevine Canyon Entrance — Nargis Adham · CC BY-SA 4.0

Grapevine Canyon granite 2 — Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0

Grapevine Canyon Sunset - panoramio — On^ste82 · CC BY 3.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	3%	59%	461%	152%	—	—	5%	10%	0%	0%	13%	3%
2021	56%	5%	49%	35%	—	—	155%	49%	33%	70%	0%	184%
2022	8%	4%	69%	6%	—	—	148%	201%	110%	74%	100%	61%
2023	207%	51%	314%	0%	—	—	16%	126%	122%	4%	19%	11%
2024	91%	138%	239%	71%	—	—	25%	34%	24%	4%	0%	0%
2025	18%	46%	102%	19%	—	—	33%	48%	231%	52%	298%	102%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Compare with the neighbours.

Grapevine Canyon

United States

238 mDepth
11 kmRim to rim
—Length
27°Steepest wall

Black Canyon of the Colorado

United States · 64 km

632 mDepth
7.5 kmRim to rim
—Length
34°Steepest wall

See the guide

El Dorado Canyon

United States · 51 km

755 mDepth
22 kmRim to rim
—Length
22°Steepest wall

See the guide

Grand Canyon

United States · 248 km

1,413 mDepth
11 kmRim to rim
446 kmLength
56°Steepest wall

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length	Wikidata (Q5597036) · CC0
The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby	Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.