Gunsight Point
Gunsight Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,615 m. South Oak Points stands 2,400 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Spring Point, a cliff 2.0 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1615 m
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
- 21.9 mi off the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Parkway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Mt Carmel Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Le Fevre Overlook · 23 mi
138 named places within 25 miles
- Horse Spring Point: 2.0 mi
- Buckhorn Point: 2.2 mi
- Burnt Canyon Point: 5.0 mi
- Bulrush Point: 5.1 mi
- Pigeon Point: 5.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 2.5 mi
- Horse Spring: 2.7 mi
- Slide Spring: 3.0 mi
- Little Spring: 3.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 5.6 mi
- Jumpup Divide: 5.8 mi
- Sunshine Point: 7.4 mi
- Loco Point: 9.0 mi
- Little Cedar Knoll: 10.7 mi
- Cedar Knoll: 12.3 mi
- Pipe Spring Visitor Center and Museum: 15.1 mi
- Red Pueblo Museum: 21.0 mi
- Keyhole Natural Bridge: 20.0 mi
- Thunder Spring: 20.7 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
- Thunder River Falls: 20.7 mi
- Fredonia City Park: 20.2 mi
- Grand Canyon Natural Game Preserve: 23.8 mi
- Kanab Creek Wilderness: 6.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gunsight Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Oak Points | E 96° | 2,400 m | 15.9 mi |
| North Oak Points | E 88° | 2,386 m | 16.9 mi |
| Little Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,221 m | 14.2 mi |
| Steamboat Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,123 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bridgers Knoll | SSE 151° | 1,982 m | 19.7 mi |
| Great Thumb Mesa | SSE 167° | 1,948 m | 23.3 mi |
| Moccasin Mountains | NNW 335° | 1,874 m | 22.6 mi |
| Lone Butte | NW 319° | 1,873 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pipe Spring NM, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359266480
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