Gillespie Dam Highway Bridge
Gillespie Dam Highway Bridge is an attraction in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Woolsey Peak stands 961 m to the west-southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Gillespie Dam Interpretive Center, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
bridge in Arizona listed on National Register of Historic Places
Wikidata Q56274014, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1927
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Arlington State Wildlife Area: 1.5 mi
- Buckeye Hills Regional Park: 8.0 mi
- Robbins Butte State Game Management Unit: 8.6 mi
- Earl Edgar Park: 14.1 mi
- Sunset Vista Park: 14.6 mi
- Gillespie Volcano: 2.1 mi
- Spring Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Powers Butte: 5.8 mi
- Webb Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Woolsey Peak: 7.9 mi
- Gillespie Dam Interpretive Center: 0.2 mi
- Hazen Well: 13.0 mi
- La Fortaleza: 15.4 mi
- Gatlin Site: 17.4 mi
- Desert Station: 20.6 mi
- Hobo Joe Statue: 14.5 mi
- Battlefield Cross: 18.6 mi
- Blessed Mother Mary: 24.2 mi
- Saint Joseph: 24.3 mi
- Pieta: 24.3 mi
- Petroglyphs: 15.6 mi
- Star Tower: 23.5 mi
- Victory Steps at Verrado: 24.6 mi
- Buckeye Valley Museum: 14.9 mi
- Gila Bend Museum: 19.6 mi
- Gatlin Archeological Site: 17.5 mi
- Skyline Regional Park: 22.1 mi
- Arlington Volcano: 8.5 mi
- Woolsey Spring: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gillespie Dam Highway Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolsey Peak | WSW 238° | 961 m | 7.9 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | NW 313° | 925 m | 21.5 mi |
| Margies Peak | ESE 117° | 760 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | ESE 120° | 760 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bunyan Peak | SW 236° | 726 m | 13.8 mi |
| Valley Vista | NNE 32° | 710 m | 21.5 mi |
| Pyrite Summit | NNE 29° | 695 m | 20.5 mi |
| Yellow Medicine Butte | W 271° | 675 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:57 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:51 | 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 | 55 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 80 | 89 | 95 | 94 | 88 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Painted Rock DAM, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 81000136OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Gillespie Dam Highway Bridge, reference 81000136, listed 05/05/81.
OpenStreetMap element way/619348744
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