Cape Royal is a 7,880+-cliff-elevation summit located in the eastern

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of northern

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. It is the southernmost viewpoint of the North Rim, viewing from north-northeast, south, west, southwest. Its next viewpoint northwest is Honan Point, with Thor Temple directly below. Directly east-northeast is the major viewing point of Cape Final, which gives views almost directly north. The 1/2 mile

Cape Royal Trail The Cape Royal Trail is a hiking trail on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of Arizona. Access The paved trail begins in the parking area at the southern end of Cape Royal Road on the north rim. Descrip ...

starts at the parking lot and ends at the overlook at Cape Royal.

From Cape Royal, directly southeast can be seen the massif and highpoint of

Freya Castle Freya Castle is a summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated one mile southeast of the Cape Royal overlook on the canyon's North Rim, 1.5 mile north of Vishnu Temple, and 1.7 mile northeast ...

, and southeasterly is massive

Wotans Throne Wotans Throne is a summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, US. It is situated one mile immediately southwest of the Cape Royal overlook on the canyon's North Rim, 1.7 miles west-southwest of Freya Castle, two mil ...

, which is a surviving section of the North Rim, with a

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, forested, flat prominence. The cliffs of Cape Royal are composed of

Kaibab Limestone The Kaibab Limestone is a resistant cliff-forming, Permian geologic formation that crops out across the U.S. states of northern Arizona, southern Utah, east central Nevada and southeast California. It is also known as the Kaibab Formation in Ar ...

, on erodible

Toroweap Formation The Toroweap Formation outcrops as a distinct layer of generally darker, interbedded slope- and cliff-forming strata lying between the brighter colored cliffs of the Kaibab Limestone above, and Coconino Sandstone below. It outcrops in Grand Can ...

, upon white cliffs of

Coconino Sandstone The Coconino Sandstone is a geologic formation (geology), formation composed of light-colored quartz arenite of Aeolian processes, eolian origin. It erodes to form conspicuous, sheer cliffs in the upper walls of Grand Canyon, as part of the Mog ...

. The watershed drainage from Cape Royal, overlooks the Unkar Creek and Canyon to the south into the

Colorado River The Colorado River () is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The river, the List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), 5th longest in the United St ...

, about 6 miles distant.

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* Cape Final &

Jupiter Temple Jupiter Temple is a -elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is situated southeast of Cape Final on the canyon's North Rim, north-northwest of Apollo Temple, and northeast of F ...

; views ~east-northeast, to Cape Final. * Vishnu Temple and

and Angels Gate; viewed ~south-southwest, 1.5 miles distant.

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