Dox Castle

Dox Castle is a 4,780-foot-elevation (1,460-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US.Dox Castle was named by William Wallace Bass and George Wharton James for Virginia Dox (1851–1941), who was the first white woman to visit this part of the Grand Canyon in 1891.[2][3] Holy Grail Temple was originally named Bass Tomb by Virginia Dox, for William Bass, Dox's guide into the canyon.[4] Impressed by her, Bass named Dox Castle shortly after she left.[2] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Dox Castle is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone, with precipitation runoff draining west to the Colorado River via Shinumo Creek.
ElevationProminenceEvans ButteIsolationCoordinatesEtymologyVirginia DoxArizonaCoconinoGrand Canyon National ParkParent rangeKaibab PlateauColorado PlateauTopo mapEasiest routeclass 5.3climbingGrand CanyonCoconino CountyHoly Grail TempleColorado RiverGeorge Wharton JamesU.S. Board on Geographic NamesKöppen climate classificationcold semi-arid climaterunoffCambrianTonto GroupProterozoicUnkar GroupLevi F. NobleDox FormationThomas MoranKing Arthur CastleGeology of the Grand Canyon areaGeographic Names Information SystemUnited States Geological SurveyUnited States Department of the InteriorBlack Suspension BridgeBridge Canyon DamGrand Canyon EscaladeGrand Canyon SkywalkGrand Canyon Village, ArizonaKolb StudioMarble Canyon DamMaswik LodgePhantom RanchGeologyAgave phillipsianaApollo TempleBat Cave mineCardenas BasaltEricameria arizonicaEsplanade SandstoneGrand Canyon CavernsGrand Canyon Forest ReserveGrand Canyon–Parashant National MonumentGrand Canyon SupergroupChuar GroupNankoweap FormationSixtymile FormationBass FormationShinumo QuartziteGrand StaircaseFreya CastleHakatai ShaleHermit FormationHyaloclastite DamIsis TempleKanab PlateauNewton ButteOchoa PointProspect DamRedwall LimestoneTanner GrabenTemple ButteBright Angel ShaleToroweap FaultUinkaret volcanic fieldVasey's ParadiseVenus TempleVishnu TempleVulcan's ThroneDeer CreekHavasu CreekHavasu FallsKanab CreekLittle Colorado RiverBright Angel CreekHarvey ButchartColin FletcherKenton GruaJohn HanceHavasupaiHualapaiEventsPowell Geographic Expedition of 18691956 Grand Canyon mid-air collisionGrand Canyon Airlines Flight 6Grand Canyon Backcountry CampingList of trails in Grand Canyon National ParkNational Register of Historic Places listings in Grand Canyon National ParkGrand Canyon ConservancyGrand Canyon SuiteDesert WonderlandGrand Canyon (1958 film)A Bigger Grand CanyonGrand Canyon (2017 children's book)The Man Who Walked Through Time