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Point of the Mountain

Point of the Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Point of the Mountain is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,866 m. Wolf Mountain stands 2,525 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mesa Redonda, a peak 5.6 miles away. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1866 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.52865, -109.91345
Around it

85 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
  • Little Mesa Redonda: 5.6 mi
  • Flint Knoll: 8.5 mi
  • Taylor Knoll: 8.6 mi
  • Mesa Redonda: 8.8 mi
  • Red Hill: 10.2 mi
Springs: 10
  • Walnut Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Silver Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Laguna Salada Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Hog Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Dipping Vat Spring: 23.4 mi
Attractions: 6
Parks: 5
  • Pioneer Park: 9.4 mi
  • Lions Park: 16.8 mi
  • Frontier Park: 20.0 mi
  • Show Low City Park: 21.3 mi
  • Aunt Lottie Mormon Pioneer Historical Marker: 24.4 mi
Museums: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Corydon E. Cooley & Marion Clark: 20.2 mi
  • ADOT: 20.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf MountainSSE 157°2,525 m24.9 mi
Ecks MountainSSE 158°2,397 m22.7 mi
Turkey MountainS 170°2,385 m24.4 mi
Mud Spring KnollSSE 160°2,363 m23.2 mi
Marshall MountainSSE 168°2,348 m22.3 mi
Ziegler MountainSSE 166°2,345 m21.3 mi
Morgan MountainS 174°2,331 m23.4 mi
Doyle MountainSSE 161°2,330 m22.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2417:5818:32
June solstice05:0818:5919:36
September equinox06:0817:4518:18
December solstice07:2316:3517:14

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353945515968747266544335
Precip in0.70.60.70.40.40.32.21.91.20.90.80.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowflake, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/359271089

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