2.8 miles away
Wotans Throne
A 7,721-foot Grand Canyon summit near Cape Royal on the North Rim, rising 5,200 feet above the Colorado and named for the god Wotan.
Kaibab Plateau
A high plateau almost entirely within Coconino County, also known as Buckskin Mountain, Buckskin Plateau and Kaibab Mountain.
- Rank in Arizona
- #137of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 49.1 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
The Kaibab Plateau is a plateau lying almost entirely in Coconino County, Arizona, and extending slightly north into Kane County, Utah. The high plain is also known as Buckskin Mountain, Buckskin Plateau and Kaibab Mountain.
Where it is
Kaibab Plateau is a natural landmark near Grand Canyon, in Coconino County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Kaibab Plateau, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
More photographs
Kaibab National Forest, CC BY-SA 2.0 · licence(opens in a new tab) · source(opens in a new tab) 
Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0 · licence(opens in a new tab) · source(opens in a new tab)
Nearby attractions
4.8 miles away
Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge
A 440-foot span carrying the South Kaibab Trail across the Colorado River, and the mule crossing to Phantom Ranch.
4.8 miles away
Vishnu Temple
A summit within the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, standing at an elevation of 7,533 feet.
5.0 miles away
Phantom Ranch
A lodge at the bottom of the Grand Canyon beside Bright Angel Creek, opened in 1922 and a member of Historic Hotels of America.
6.3 miles away
Cheops Pyramid
Cheops Pyramid is a summit of 5,401 feet elevation standing within the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona.
6.5 miles away
Tonto Trail
A hiking trail on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in Grand Canyon National Park, northern Arizona.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Grand Canyon
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 49.1 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 38.5
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 36.1267, -112.0090
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12