page_title: Tempe Butte
hierarchical_section_title: Tempe Butte
caption_attribution_description: English: Ford across Salt River at modern day site of Ash Avenue Bridge, Tempe, Arizona. View looking southeast toward Tempe Butte.
context_page_description: Tempe Butte is the official name of an andesite butte of volcanic origin, located partially on Arizona State University's Tempe campus in Tempe, Arizona. It is often referred to by locals as A Mountain, after the 60-foot-tall gold-painted letter 'A' near the top. Another name for the area, used by the City of Tempe, is Hayden Butte.
  The highest point of Tempe Butte stands at 1,495 feet in elevation, while its base is at approximately 1,150 feet in elevation.
  Tempe Butte is most often seen as the backdrop to games held in Sun Devil Stadium, including until recently the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, as well as Super Bowl XXX.
context_section_description: Tempe Butte (O'odham: ʼOidbaḍ Doʼag) is the official name of an andesite butte of volcanic origin, located partially on Arizona State University's Tempe campus in Tempe, Arizona.  It is often referred to by locals as A Mountain, after the 60-foot-tall (18 m) gold-painted letter 'A' near the top.  Another name for the area, used by the City of Tempe, is Hayden Butte.
  The highest point of Tempe Butte stands at 1,495 feet (456 m) in elevation, while its base is at approximately 1,150 feet (350 m) in elevation.
  Tempe Butte is most often seen as the backdrop to games held in Sun Devil Stadium, including until recently the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, as well as Super Bowl XXX.
caption: Tempe Butte c1870.
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