Wrather Arch
Wrather Arch is an attraction in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,285 m. White Knolls stands 2,090 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Shower Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 12 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Geologic feature in Coconino County, Arizona
Wikidata Q8037624, matched on coordinates and name (283 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1285 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
- 18.2 mi off the Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road
- 29.6 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic View Vermillion Cliffs · 23 mi
- Lookout Vermillion Cliffs · 23 mi
- Le Fevre Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hole in the Rock: 4.3 mi
- Slide Rock Arch: 5.6 mi
- Franks: 5.6 mi
- Butterfly: 6.5 mi
- White Pocket: 6.6 mi
- Bridger Point: 3.2 mi
- Bush Head: 4.2 mi
- Flat Top: 4.7 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Shower Spring: 1.3 mi
- Last Reliable Spring: 2.8 mi
- Second Crack Spring: 3.0 mi
- Big Spring: 3.1 mi
- First Spring: 4.1 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- The Dive: 9.5 mi
- The Rimrocks: 11.3 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 13.8 mi
- Red Point: 19.0 mi
- Big Water Park: 10.6 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 13.8 mi
- Vermillion Park: 17.4 mi
- Children's Park: 17.6 mi
- Elm Street Fitness Park: 17.7 mi
- Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness: 5.9 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: 8.6 mi
- Coyote Buttes South: 12.3 mi
- Coyote Buttes North: 13.0 mi
- The Cockscomb Wilderness Study Area: 14.8 mi
- Paria Beach: 12.3 mi
- Lone Rock Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sandbar: 15.4 mi
- Dick's Arch: 13.3 mi
- Buckskin Gulch Arch: 13.6 mi
- Starlight Arch: 23.5 mi
- Lee's Ferry: 12.7 mi
- Paria: 21.7 mi
- Wilson Ranch: 8.9 mi
- Echo Peaks Fall: 14.8 mi
- Catstair Canyon Detroit Riprap: 15.2 mi
- John Wesley Powell Museum: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wrather Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Knolls | S 184° | 2,090 m | 12.4 mi |
| The Big Knoll | SSW 206° | 2,054 m | 9.3 mi |
| Powells Monument | SE 146° | 2,042 m | 9.8 mi |
| Tselgiishil | SSE 156° | 2,028 m | 20.2 mi |
| Middle Knoll | SSW 208° | 2,018 m | 7.7 mi |
| Buckskin Mountain | W 273° | 1,966 m | 18.0 mi |
| Little Knoll | SSW 209° | 1,958 m | 6.1 mi |
| Buckskin Mountains | W 267° | 1,945 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:34 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 40 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 72 | 58 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Water, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMap- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 14014 — Wrather Arch, Coconino County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/5612658186
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