Alstrom Point

Alstrom Point is a 4,685-foot (1,428 meter) elevation landmark located in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in Kane County of southern Utah.^[2] It is situated 12 miles (19 km) northeast of the town of Page. This iconic landmark of the Lake Powell area is a cape that extends south into Lake Powell between Padre Bay and Warm Creek Bay. Alstrom Point rises nearly 1,000 feet above the lake when it's full. It is composed primarily of Entrada Sandstone, similar to Romana Mesa immediately south, and Gunsight Butte 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the east. The Entrada Sandstone is overlain by Romana Sandstone, and capped by Morrison Formation.^[3] The Entrada Sandstone, which was originally deposited as sandy mud on a tidal flat, is believed to have formed about 160 million years ago during the Jurassic period as a giant sand sea, the largest in Earth's history.

Alstrom Point
Alstrom Point upper left, from southeast
Highest point
Elevation	4,685 ft (1,428 m)[1]
Prominence	185 ft (56 m)[1]
Parent peak	Romana Mesa[1]
Isolation	1.23 mi (1.98 km)[1]
Coordinates	37°03′32″N 111°21′53″W[1]
Geography
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Location	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Kane County, Utah, U.S.
Parent range	Colorado Plateau
Topo map	USGS Gunsight Butte
Geology
Rock age	Jurassic
Rock type	Entrada Sandstone

Alstrom Point is an excellent photography and camping spot.^[4] It briefly appears in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes. It has been used as a location for music videos such as Michael Bolton's Said I Loved You...But I Lied and Britney Spears' I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman.

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Alstrom Point is located in an arid climate zone with hot, very dry summers, and chilly winters with very little snow.^[5]

This geographical feature's toponym was officially adopted in 1986 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.^[2]

See also

• Colorado Plateau

Gallery

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  Gunsight Butte seen from the west at Alstrom Point
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  Gunsight Butte seen from Alstrom Point
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  Gunsight Butte centered in lake, Alstrom Point far left
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  View looking east from Alstrom Point

References

1. "Alstrom Point - 4,685' UT". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
2. "Alstrom Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
3. "T.C. Chidsey, Jr., D.A. Sprinkel, G.C. Willis, P.B. Anderson Lake Powell Geologic Guide, page 64" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
4. Peter Massey and Jeanne Wilson, Backcountry Adventures Utah, Adler Publishing Company, 2006, page 276.
5. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

• Weather forecast: National Weather Service