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Welcome to Castle Butte ...

Castle Butte is located within the Navajo Nation.

Castle Butte is located in Navajo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Castle Butte, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

Castle Butte is 5,800 feet [1,768 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Castle Butte is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Castle Butte lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Castle Butte and travel east, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Castle Butte: 928

Communities near Castle Butte ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Castle Butte.

  • Dilkon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dilkon is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilkon
  • Tees Toh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Tees Toh is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tees Toh
  • Seba Dalkai
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Seba Dalkai is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seba Dalkai
  • Indian Wells
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Brigham City ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Brigham City is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
  • Joseph City
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Sunset City ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset City is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
  • Sunset ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Sun Valley
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Winslow
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Castle Butte. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Castle Butte.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Castle Butte. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Castle Butte.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Castle Butte. See our Newspapers Page for Castle Butte.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Castle Butte ...

Looking for more information about Castle Butte? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Castle Butte, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Castle Butte.

Adding Castle Butte to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Castle Butte in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Castle Butte was on a map titled Road Map for Arizona (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Castle Butte.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Navajo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Castle Butte - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.