Big Rock Point
Big Rock Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,920 m. Tall Mountain stands 2,302 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hard Rock Mesa, a peak 2.8 miles away. Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road passes 4.5 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1920 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic View · 6 mi
75 named places within 25 miles
- Cave Spring: 5.6 mi
- Badger Spring: 5.9 mi
- Starting of the Water Spring: 7.5 mi
- Reed Spring: 9.0 mi
- Kai Si Kato: 9.3 mi
- Hard Rock Mesa: 2.8 mi
- Wild Man Mesa: 4.5 mi
- Flat Mesa: 4.7 mi
- Two Mesas: 5.5 mi
- White Mesa: 5.6 mi
- Margaret Arch: 5.3 mi
- White Mesa Arch: 6.5 mi
- White Craig Arch: 8.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 12.0 mi
- Eggshell Arch: 12.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Horse Corral Point: 20.8 mi
- Tsegi Point: 22.7 mi
- George Smith Historical Monument: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Rock Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tall Mountain | NE 39° | 2,302 m | 24.4 mi |
| White Mesa | NW 322° | 2,200 m | 5.6 mi |
| Square Butte | NNW 333° | 2,166 m | 6.9 mi |
| Yellow Butte | SE 143° | 2,090 m | 12.4 mi |
| Yellow Butte | SSE 150° | 2,074 m | 12.2 mi |
| Preston Mesa | WSW 241° | 2,061 m | 21.2 mi |
| Saneneheck Rock | E 84° | 2,025 m | 13.0 mi |
| Arrowhead Mesa | W 278° | 2,013 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Betatakin, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359242644
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