Greenland Lake is a small, intermittent lake of northern

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, located at the north neck of the Walhalla Plateau (east Kaibab Plateau), in the northeast

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. The lake is located just west (~1/8 mile), of the south-running Cape Royal Road (about 1.5 miles north of Vista Encantada), which eventually turns south-southwesterly to Cape Royal, about 15 miles distant. Greenland Lake is also about 1 mile east of Greenland Spring, at the far north of Bright Angel Canyon.

Greenland Lake is often intermittent, depending on winter snowfall; the lake is surrounded mostly by

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, but also Ponderosa Pine, and

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. It is a common water source for wildlife, especially deer. In historic times, cattle were grazed in the area, and a wood cabin (high-pitched roof for snow), was used for storage of salt, for cattle.

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"The ever changing Greenland Lake–North Rim Grand Canyon" at Geogypsy
Grand Canyon Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon, Walhalla Plateau Kaibab National Forest Lakes of Arizona Lakes of Coconino County, Arizona