| Brady Peak | |
| Label: | Brady Peak |
| Label Position: | right |
| Elevation Ft: | 8121 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 481 |
| Isolation Mi: | 2.07 |
| Isolation Ref: | [2] |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Hayden (8,362 ft) |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Arizona |
| Region: | Coconino |
| Region Type: | County |
| Part Type: | Protected area |
| Part: | Grand Canyon National Park |
| Range: | Kaibab Plateau Colorado Plateau |
| Etymology: | Peter Rainsford Brady |
| Map: | Arizona#USA |
| Map Size: | 230 |
| Coordinates: | 36.2429°N -111.9635°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Topo: | USGS Walhalla Plateau |
| Rock: | Coconino Sandstone, Hermit Shale |
| Age: | Permian |
| Easiest Route: | climbing |
Brady Peak is an 8121feet-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States.[3] It is situated 1miles northeast of the Vista Encantada viewpoint on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers above the bottom of Nankoweap Canyon. Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Hayden, 2miles to the north, Kibbey Butte is one mile to northwest, and Alsap Butte lies one mile to the northeast.[1] Brady Peak is named after Peter Rainsford Brady (1825–1902), a pioneer and politician of the Arizona Territory.[3] This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[3] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Brady Peak is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone.[4]
The summit spire of Brady Peak is composed of cream-colored Permian Coconino Sandstone.[5] This sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. Below this Coconino Sandstone is reddish, slope-forming, Permian Hermit Formation, which in turn overlays the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Precipitation runoff from this feature drains east into the Colorado River via Nankoweap Creek.