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Echo Cliffs

Echo Cliffs, seen from above at true elevation

Echo Cliffs is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,860 m. Gunther Castle stands 2,147 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Billy Goat Knolls, a peak 4.0 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 21 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1860 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.35819, -111.48832
Around it

132 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 56
  • Billy Goat Knolls: 4.0 mi
  • Bodaway Mesa: 4.6 mi
  • Red Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Sheep Mountain: 7.7 mi
  • Black Peak: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 39
Springs: 24
  • Bodaway Water: 5.3 mi
  • Toh Bih Nosteny: 9.9 mi
  • Rose Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Hidden Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Government Spring: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 9
Parks: 3
  • Grand Canyon Navajo Tribal Park: 19.5 mi
  • Little Colorado River Navajo Tribal Park: 20.8 mi
  • Louise Yellowman County Park: 21.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Copper Mine Trading Post: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunther CastleWSW 244°2,147 m23.7 mi
Cedar Tree HillsNNW 342°2,102 m12.4 mi
Preston MesaE 87°2,061 m15.8 mi
Swilling ButteWSW 251°2,045 m24.8 mi
TselgiishilNNW 341°2,028 m24.8 mi
Duppa ButteWSW 251°2,023 m24.3 mi
Arrowhead MesaNE 56°2,013 m23.3 mi
Hutton ButteWSW 250°2,011 m24.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:0920:0920:48
September equinox07:1518:5019:24
December solstice07:3516:3517:15

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354148556474797769584535
Precip in0.50.40.50.20.50.10.70.81.20.60.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuba City, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1149491766

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