- Elevation, modelled
- 393 m
- Tallest summit within 17.3 miles
- East End1,240 m · 12.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Apache Trail Historic Road23.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 19:42local time
- Coordinates
- 33.5370, -111.9220
The Big Derailment is a artwork in Arizona, at a modelled 393 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Model Railroad Building, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 23 miles off.
Train crashing through the wall and off its rails
- Built
- 2010
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of The Big Derailment. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NE 35° | 1,240 m | 12.1 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 35° | 1,230 m | 10.4 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 40° | 1,214 m | 9.7 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 32° | 1,196 m | 11.9 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 33° | 1,192 m | 10.2 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,060 m | 13.2 mi |
| Brown's Mountain | NNE 15° | 991 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | ENE 58° | 935 m | 9.5 mi |
- 23.0 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Star Memorial: 0.1 mi
- USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River: 2.0 mi
- Barry Goldwater Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Crucifix: 3.3 mi
- Tree of Life: 5.1 mi
- McCormick Stillman Railroad Park: 0.1 mi
- Shoshone Park: 1.2 mi
- Zuni Park: 1.5 mi
- Comanche Park: 1.5 mi
- Agua Linda Park: 1.9 mi
- Industrial Pipe Wave: 1.0 mi
- Charles Miller: 2.9 mi
- One-Eyed Jack: 2.9 mi
- Winfield Scott Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Windows to the West: 3.0 mi
- Bam Kazam: 2.0 mi
- UFO Experience: 2.9 mi
- Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 2.9 mi
- Butterfly Wonderland: 2.9 mi
- Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 2.9 mi
- Mummy Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 2.8 mi
- The Praying Monk: 3.0 mi
- Dixie Peak: 4.2 mi
- Barnes Butte: 5.2 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 1.3 mi
- Putting Green: 2.6 mi
- Scottsdale Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- South Scottsdale Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Desert Botanical Garden Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Model Railroad Building: 0.0 mi
- Scottsdale Railroad Museum: 0.0 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 2.9 mi
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West: 3.1 mi
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: 3.1 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 5.4 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 8.8 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 8.9 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 8.9 mi
- Pima Area 4: 9.0 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Spring: 11.0 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 21.0 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 21.4 mi
- Jims Spring: 22.6 mi
- Apache Spring: 22.9 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 12.0 mi
- Morrells Wall: 12.4 mi
- Sven Slab: 12.9 mi
- Chinese Wall: 15.4 mi
- Coon Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Illinois: 14.6 mi
- Marinette: 20.6 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 89 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 5 mi away.
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- Greater Phoenix · 11 mi
- Fountain Hills · 12 mi
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