Painted Cliffs
Painted Cliffs is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 640 m. Browns Peak stands 2,334 m to the north, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Gun Sight Point, a peak 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 3.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 640 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
- 20.1 mi off the From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
- 22.7 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Fish Creek Vista · 4 mi
- Apache Lake Vista · 5 mi
- Roosevelt Diversion Dam · 22 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gun Sight Point: 0.2 mi
- Horse Mesa: 1.7 mi
- Goat Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Coronado Mesa: 3.4 mi
- Black Cross Butte: 3.5 mi
- Three Bar Wildlife Area: 1.7 mi
- Laguna Recreation Site One Hundred Fifty: 7.5 mi
- Palo Verde Recreation Site 147: 7.9 mi
- Boulder Recreation Site: 8.0 mi
- Acacia Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 2.0 mi
- Cottonwoods Spring: 3.0 mi
- O'Connell Spring: 3.0 mi
- Horse Pasture Spring: 3.7 mi
- Crabtree Spring: 4.0 mi
- Fountain Hills Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Sonoran Desert Exhibit: 23.7 mi
- Tropical Garden: 23.7 mi
- Wallace Rose Garden: 23.7 mi
- Hummingbird and Butterfly Garden: 23.7 mi
- Walls of Bronze: 2.7 mi
- Sheep Bend: 4.4 mi
- Satchin Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Ittindi Rock: 8.1 mi
- Malpais Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Adams Camp: 1.7 mi
- Old Dynamite Shack: 2.7 mi
- Tortilla Ranch (Abandoned): 6.8 mi
- Cline Cabin: 10.4 mi
- El Oso Mine Camp: 11.4 mi
- Burnt Corral Picnic: 6.6 mi
- Boulder Picnic: 7.9 mi
- Acacia Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Vineyard Canyon Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Haigler Canyon Picnic Use 2: 10.2 mi
- Black Rock: 0.9 mi
- Desert Belle Cruises: 13.1 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 14.2 mi
- Superstition Mountain Museum: 15.1 mi
- Peephole and Little Arch: 18.4 mi
- Bella Vida Mural: 18.5 mi
- Dragontail Tower: 20.5 mi
- Peaceful Little Ones: 23.8 mi
- Do You Hear What I Hear?: 23.8 mi
- The Ring of Life: 23.8 mi
- Fish Beach: 2.8 mi
- Back Beach: 3.0 mi
- Buckhorn Beach: 7.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.1 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 14.0 mi
- Pinal City: 24.2 mi
- Dungeon Tour: 20.5 mi
- River Of Time Museum: 23.6 mi
- Massacre Falls: 12.7 mi
- Usery Mountain Regional Park: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Painted Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Peak | N 353° | 2,334 m | 6.0 mi |
| Brother Peak | N 351° | 2,329 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sister Peak | N 349° | 2,308 m | 5.4 mi |
| Amethyst Peak | N 350° | 2,293 m | 5.1 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | NNE 19° | 2,006 m | 4.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,896 m | 11.6 mi |
| White Mountain | SE 141° | 1,844 m | 12.1 mi |
| Camelback Peak | NNE 24° | 1,717 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:51 | 18:23 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 79 | 88 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 63 | 55 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mormon Flat, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359270356
Day trips start here
- Fountain Hills · 24 mi
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