Padres Butte

Padres Butte is a butte, a summit on Padre Point on the south shore of Lake Powell in San Juan County, Utah. The butte has an elevation of 3891 feet / 1186 meters. Formerly it was an island in the lake, now with lower water it is near the tip of Padre Point.[1] [2] Padres Butte marks the site of the historical Crossing of the Fathers, a series of sand bars across the river along the great bend in the river a mile west of the butte.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Padres Butte
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Padre Point
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crossing of the Fathers (historical)

Coordinates: 37°02′55″N 111°16′58″W / 37.04861°N 111.28278°W / 37.04861; -111.28278

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