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Blue Point

Blue Point, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 615 m. Ironview Peak stands 1,531 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Point Picnic Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 6.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
615 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.56005, -111.57180

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blue Point Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
  • Saguaro del Norte Recreation Site: 2.4 mi
  • Butcher Jones Recreation Site: 3.5 mi
  • Camp Reno Historical Marker: 6.3 mi
  • Usery Mountain Regional Park: 7.0 mi
Peaks
  • Stewart Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Lone Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Dome Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Goldfield Mountains: 4.4 mi
  • Coon Bluff: 4.5 mi
Attractions
  • Desert Belle Cruises: 2.2 mi
  • Goldfield Ghost Town: 8.5 mi
  • Superstition Mountain Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Marcus Landslide Loop: 15.1 mi
  • Marcus Landslide Loop Trailhead: 15.1 mi
Springs
  • Cottonwood Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Hidden Water Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Blue Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Hackberry Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Secucito Spring: 9.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 46
Historic sites: 44
Picnic sites: 31
  • Sheeps Crossing: 0.4 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Water Users Picnic: 1.7 mi
  • Goldfield: 2.9 mi
  • Butcher Jones: 3.5 mi
Museums: 23
Cliffs: 16
Nature reserves: 7
Beaches: 5
  • Sandy Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Back Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Fish Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Buckhorn Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Illinois: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Massacre Falls: 10.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Blue Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ironview PeakSE 140°1,531 m10.9 mi
The FlatironSE 141°1,419 m10.8 mi
Superstition MountainsSE 136°1,398 m12.7 mi
Malapais MountainESE 113°1,289 m12.7 mi
Herder MountainN 5°1,122 m13.1 mi
Sheep MountainENE 78°1,075 m10.2 mi
Geronimo HeadESE 110°1,060 m11.4 mi
Black Top MesaESE 123°1,024 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0518:38
June solstice05:1719:0419:40
September equinox06:1517:5218:25
December solstice07:2816:4517:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545662687685919084736253
Precip in1.81.41.60.50.30.11.01.40.70.70.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stewart MTN DAM, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/359262510

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