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Sitting Lizard Arch

Sitting Lizard Arch from directly overhead

Sitting Lizard Arch is an attraction in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,708 m. White Mesa stands 2,200 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Thief Mesa, a peak 0.8 miles away. Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road passes 1.3 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1708 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.63333, -111.18000

Overlooks nearby

Around it

75 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 35
  • Horse Thief Mesa: 0.8 mi
  • Arrowhead Mesa: 6.3 mi
  • Wind Rock: 7.5 mi
  • Many Ghosts Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Wild Horse Trap Mesa: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 23
Springs: 7
  • Cave Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Toh Bih Nosteny: 17.2 mi
  • Potato Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Gopher Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Inscription House Ruin Spring: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Parks: 4
Historic sites: 1
  • Copper Mine Trading Post: 14.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sitting Lizard Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White MesaESE 105°2,200 m14.3 mi
Square ButteE 98°2,166 m14.2 mi
Cedar Tree HillsWSW 251°2,102 m22.2 mi
Preston MesaS 184°2,061 m18.3 mi
Octagon ButteNNE 26°2,036 m22.5 mi
Arrowhead MesaSSE 160°2,013 m6.3 mi
White MesaW 270°1,993 m21.6 mi
Whirlwind RockE 93°1,983 m23.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:37
June solstice06:0720:0920:47
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:3416:3317:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364150576778838172594535
Precip in0.70.50.50.40.40.10.60.90.90.90.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Page, 25 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5612658158

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