Cliff · Arizona
Owl Rocks
Owl Rocks is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,628 m. Granite Benchmark stands 2,325 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 36 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1628 m
How to reach it
Coordinates34.72752, -112.76574
- 36.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Eagle Peak: 0.8 mi
- Jones Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Tailholt Mesa: 2.3 mi
- Seepage Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Wickiup Mesa: 4.9 mi
Springs
- Old Camp Spring: 1.9 mi
- Left Hand Spring: 2.7 mi
- Spider Spring: 2.7 mi
- Burke Spring: 3.1 mi
- Bootlegger Spring: 3.6 mi
Parks: 23
- Granite Basin Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Center Street Park: 17.4 mi
- Community Center Park: 18.4 mi
- Thumb Butte Park: 18.5 mi
- Montana Estates Community Park: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
- Hardyville Road Marker: 18.5 mi
- Firefighters Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Granite Creek: 21.0 mi
- Pauline Weaver: 21.1 mi
- Hotel St. Michael: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Sycamore Rim: 8.1 mi
- Windy Ridge: 17.1 mi
- Promised Land: 21.3 mi
- Wilder Point: 21.8 mi
- Long Point: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 5
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 811: 19.5 mi
- Campus Miniature Model: 19.5 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 19.5 mi
- Upper Granite Creek Watershed: 20.6 mi
- Cowboy at Rest: 21.2 mi
Museums: 4
- Phippen Museum of Western Art: 20.6 mi
- Sharlot Hall Museum: 21.0 mi
- Fort Whipple Museum: 21.4 mi
- Museum of Indigenous People: 21.6 mi
Attractions: 3
- Trick Tank: 16.9 mi
- Whiskey Row: 21.1 mi
- Granite Dells: 22.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 13.2 mi
- Watson Wood Preserve: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Jerome Junction: 19.5 mi
- Catoctin: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 2
- Healing Garden: 20.7 mi
- Co-creation Garden: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Owl Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Benchmark | ESE 117° | 2,325 m | 13.6 mi |
| Hyde Creek Mountain | NW 311° | 2,210 m | 11.4 mi |
| Granite Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,208 m | 12.3 mi |
| Camp Wood Mountain | NW 306° | 2,198 m | 11.8 mi |
| West Spruce Mountain | SE 143° | 2,185 m | 16.5 mi |
| Little Granite Mountain | SE 127° | 2,160 m | 13.6 mi |
| Pinetop Mountain | NW 310° | 2,154 m | 12.5 mi |
| Porter Mountain | SE 142° | 2,151 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:11 | 19:48 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:56 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walnut Creek, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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