United States Canyon

Texas Canyon

216 m from rim to floor.

The cut

216 metres, to scale.

A slice through Texas Canyon where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.

Standing on the floor, to scale: Great Pyramid · 139 m

Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is.

216m

Depth

measured on the 30 m relief model

2.6km

Rim to rim

measured on the 30 m relief model

29°

Steepest wall

average over 300 m, from the relief

1,397m

Floor altitude

Rim to floor

2 °C warmer at the bottom.

In June the afternoon reaches 36 °C on the floor, against 34 °C on the rim. The best months to hike are in March and in November. The floor passes 35 °C in June: walk at dawn and carry water. The rim freezes at night from December to January. The wettest months are from July to September.

rim · 1,722 mfloor · 1,397 m

14°12°Jan
16°14°Feb
20°18°Mar
25°22°Apr
30°28°May
36°34°Jun
33°31°Jul
32°30°Aug
30°28°Sep
25°23°Oct
19°17°Nov
13°11°Dec

Hike: Mar, NovFloor above 35 °C: JunFrost on the rim: Dec–JanWettest: Jul–Sep

Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.

Located in Cochise County, Arizona

Texas Canyon is a canyon in United States. The relief model measures 216 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 325 m to the higher one. Rim to rim it is 2.6 km wide where the cut was taken.

Getting there.

Saint Davidnearest town · 20 km in a straight line
Tucson International Airport (TUS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 81 km in a straight lineCar hire at TUS airport (Tucson)Discover Cars · sponsored link
In March and in Novemberbest months to hike (estimate)

Plan the visit

Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at TUS airport (Tucson)Discover CarsSee prices

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From the sky.

The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.

Texas Canyon seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 1.5 km

ParkingPicnicToilets

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the canyon.

4car parks within 3 km
1hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmHidden Oasis
1restaurants and cafés within 4 km

viewpoints within 5 km
marked hiking routes within 4 km
via ferrata routes within 4 km
climbing crags within 3 km
footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 km
rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
swimming spots within 3 km
named waterfalls within 4 km
caves within 3 km
information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
bus stops within 2 km
campsites within 8 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

Saint David20 km in a straight line
Benson22 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Texas Canyon.

The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.

Peakyas9 mountains within 15 km

Adams Peak · 1.7 kmRussellville Peak · 6.7 kmMae West Peaks2,052 m · 8.3 kmLime Peak2,029 m · 9.3 kmGunnison Hills · 10 kmKnob Hill · 12 kmMount Glenn2,293 m · 14 kmBlacktail Hill · 14 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather, at the floor and at the rim.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon · floor	14	16	20	25	30	36	33	32	30	25	19	13
Afternoon · rim	12	14	18	22	28	34	31	30	28	23	17	11
Night · rim	-3	-2	2	5	10	16	18	17	14	8	2	-3
Rain (mm)	25	22	16	8	5	12	92	72	45	16	18	25
Rainy days	4	5	4	2	2	3	17	18	8	4	3	5
Sun hours/day	8.0	8.8	10.5	12.2	13.3	13.2	10.6	10.1	9.8	9.9	8.7	7.8
Snow on the ground (cm)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	14	12	-3	25	8.0
Feb	16	14	-2	22	8.8
Mar	20	18	2	16	10.5
Apr	25	22	5	8	12.2
May	30	28	10	5	13.3
Jun	36	34	16	12	13.2
Jul	33	31	18	92	10.6
Aug	32	30	17	72	10.1
Sep	30	28	14	45	9.8
Oct	25	23	8	16	9.9
Nov	19	17	2	18	8.7
Dec	13	11	-3	25	7.8

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (1,397 m) and the rim (1,722 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Seen from the trail.

Devil's Playground - Texas Canyon, Arizona — Janusz Sobolewski · CC BY 2.0

Texas Canyon - Desert Agaricus 1 — Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA · CC BY 2.0

Texas Canyon - Desert Agaricus 2 — Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA · CC BY 2.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	82%	141%	310%	16%	—	40%	50%	58%	14%	14%	25%	54%
2021	96%	5%	80%	40%	—	35%	181%	160%	101%	54%	14%	154%
2022	46%	11%	70%	0%	—	340%	135%	229%	117%	227%	14%	166%
2023	204%	125%	134%	0%	—	2%	40%	61%	40%	48%	24%	145%
2024	158%	221%	192%	192%	—	260%	76%	88%	25%	2%	95%	0%
2025	9%	11%	98%	20%	—	178%	146%	88%	151%	252%	137%	40%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Compare with the neighbours.

Texas Canyon

United States

216 mDepth
2.6 kmRim to rim
—Length
29°Steepest wall

Molino Canyon

United States · 66 km

489 mDepth
8.1 kmRim to rim
—Length
36°Steepest wall

See the guide

Rucker Canyon

United States · 68 km

529 mDepth
22 kmRim to rim
—Length
25°Steepest wall

See the guide

Madera Canyon

United States · 86 km

58 mDepth
22 kmRim to rim
—Length
37°Steepest wall

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length	Wikidata (Q7707546) · CC0
The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby	Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.