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Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge

Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge from directly overhead

Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 435 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 30 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997
Material
concrete
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.62286, -112.00808
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • iron statue: 2.8 mi
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Spire: 4.9 mi
  • Cloud 9: 5.1 mi
  • Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 5.1 mi
  • Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 6.1 mi
  • Arch: 6.6 mi
  • Phoenix Bat Cave: 7.5 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 8.8 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 58
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 5.1 mi
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 5.7 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 9.0 mi
  • CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 9.2 mi
  • Entry Garden: 9.5 mi
Springs: 43
  • Mountain Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Jims Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Apache Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 18.6 mi
Museums: 40
Picnic sites: 32
  • Maricopa Area 3: 4.2 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 4.3 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 4.4 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 4.4 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 72°1,240 m12.6 mi
McDowell PeakENE 77°1,230 m11.2 mi
Thompson PeakE 82°1,214 m11.4 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 70°1,196 m12.0 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 76°1,192 m10.9 mi
Granite MountainNE 46°1,072 m16.1 mi
Troon MountainENE 56°1,060 m11.5 mi
Cholla MountainNE 43°1,038 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555764717989939287756354
Precip in1.11.21.10.30.20.00.90.80.60.60.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/60431465

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