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Record SL-846607 · Wikidata Q56279451

The Rectory

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Elevation
2,001 m
6,565 ft
Prominence
123 m
Isolation
—
Coordinates
38.6562° N, 109.3673° W
Grid ref
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The Rectory
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Description

Wikipedia

The Rectory is a 6,565 ft (2,001 m) sandstone summit in Grand County of Utah, United States. The Rectory is located at Castle Valley, Utah, near the city of Moab. The Rectory is a thin 200 feet (61 m) wide, and 1,000 feet (300 m) long north-to-south butte with 200 ft vertical Wingate Sandstone walls tower standing on a 1,000-foot Moenkopi-Chinle base. Precipitation runoff from The Rectory drains into the nearby Colorado River. The nearest higher peak is Castleton Tower, 0.35 miles (0.56 km) to the south. Priest and Nuns are towers immediately north and part of The Rectory. Further northwest along the connecting ridge is The Convent, with a rock tower called Sister Superior between the two. The first ascent was made May 22, 1962, by Harvey Carter and Cleve McCarty via Empirical Route. Harvey Carter named this geological feature.

First ascent

Date
1962
Source · wikipedia

Best months

Rows beneath each bar: mean temperature, monthly precipitation. Highest-scoring month in red.

Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Castleton Tower 2,030 m S 185° 0.6 km
Parriott Mesa 1,866 m W 280° 3.1 km
Convent 1,815 m NW 333° 3.4 km
Round Mountain 1,869 m S 174° 4.8 km

Climbing routes

nearest first
Route Area Grade From summit
East Face The Rectory 6c+ 109 m
Hail Mary The Rectory 6b+ 109 m
Coyote Calling The Rectory 7a+ 109 m
Crack Wars The Rectory 6c 109 m
Sinners and Infidels The Rectory 6b+ 109 m
Find Shade The Rectory 6c+ 109 m
Fine Jade The Rectory 6c 109 m
Empirical Route The Rectory 5c 109 m
Off To See The Allah The Rectory 6c 109 m
Ministry The Rectory 6c 109 m
Book of Thunder The Rectory 6c+ 109 m
Excommunication The Priest 7c+ 329 m
Late for Prom The Priest 7a 329 m
Honeymoon Chimney The Priest 6c 329 m
Burning Inside Castleton Tower 6c 580 m
North Face Castleton Tower 6c 580 m
North Chimney Castleton Tower 5c 580 m
West Face Castleton Tower 6c 580 m
Black Sun Castleton Tower 6a+ 580 m
Sacred Ground Castleton Tower 7b+ 580 m
The Bjornstad Traverse ( The Girdle of Castleton Tower) Castleton Tower 6b 580 m
Kor-Ingalls Route Castleton Tower 5c 580 m
No Other Options Castleton Tower V1 580 m
The Arrowhead Castleton Tower 6b+ 580 m
Discrete Start to Black Sun Castleton Tower 5c 580 m