Pieta
Pieta is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 385 m. Barry Goldwater Peak stands 1,243 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Joseph, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Harquahala Mountain Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Harquahala Mountain Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bloom Park: 9.7 mi
- Windrose Park: 9.9 mi
- Sunflower Park: 10.0 mi
- Dahlia Park: 10.1 mi
- Poppy Park: 10.3 mi
- Hot Rock Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Flatiron Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Belmont Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Saint Joseph: 0.0 mi
- Blessed Mother Mary: 0.1 mi
- Hobo Joe Statue: 21.6 mi
- Battlefield Cross: 21.6 mi
- Victory Steps at Verrado: 21.1 mi
- Gillespie Dam Highway Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Morristown Store: 24.5 mi
- Belmont Arch: 4.6 mi
- Vulture Arch: 21.7 mi
- Burnt Well Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Burnt Well Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Arlington Volcano: 16.8 mi
- Red Cliff: 21.7 mi
- Vulture Mine Tours / Vulture City Ghost Town: 17.4 mi
- Buckeye Valley Museum: 21.9 mi
- Vulture City: 17.5 mi
- Gillespie Dam Interpretive Center: 24.3 mi
- Vulture Mine: 17.7 mi
- Vulture City: 22.0 mi
- White Tank Mountain Regional Park: 18.2 mi
- Skyline Regional Park: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pieta. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Goldwater Peak | E 88° | 1,243 m | 17.0 mi |
| Vulture Peak | NNE 12° | 1,102 m | 22.0 mi |
| Black Butte | NNW 336° | 1,078 m | 20.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NW 307° | 1,042 m | 12.7 mi |
| Big Horn Peak | W 280° | 1,041 m | 16.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks | N 7° | 1,028 m | 23.8 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | SW 227° | 925 m | 13.0 mi |
| Caballeros Peaks | NNE 14° | 920 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:57 | 18:30 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:50 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 76 | 86 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 72 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wittmann 1SE, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11073972855
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