Cliff · Arizona
Rocky Point
Rocky Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 874 m. Coyote Mountains stands 1,991 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Recortado Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 874 m
How to reach it
Coordinates32.17619, -111.35594
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Recortado Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Roskruge Mountains: 1.5 mi
- Pescadero Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Cocoraque Butte: 3.2 mi
- San: 5.2 mi
Parks
- Three Points Veterans Memorial Park: 8.2 mi
- Sus Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Picture Rocks Park: 11.4 mi
- Ironwood Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Nature reserves: 45
- Bee Mordka Property: 4.1 mi
- Cap Land Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Bureau of Reclamation Wildlife Mitigation Corridor: 9.6 mi
- Hill Farm: 9.9 mi
- Ryan Park: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 36
- Untitled: 20.2 mi
- Downtown Marana Sign/Cowboy Statue: 21.1 mi
- La Primera Vista: 21.4 mi
- Tumamoc and the River of Life: 21.5 mi
- Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 28
- Agave Garden: 11.9 mi
- Cactus Garden: 11.9 mi
- Pollination Gardens: 11.9 mi
- Moth Garden: 12.0 mi
- aquaponics: 21.6 mi
Attractions: 25
- Prehistoric Rock Art: 11.7 mi
- Raptor Free Flight: 11.9 mi
- Mountain Woodland: 11.9 mi
- Ancient Arizona and Sonorasaurus: 11.9 mi
- Desert Grassland: 11.9 mi
Museums: 18
- International Wildlife Museum: 17.4 mi
- Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach: 20.6 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 21.4 mi
- J. Knox Corbett House: 22.5 mi
- Tucson Museum of Art: 22.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
- Titan II Missile Base #11: 7.5 mi
- Titan II Missile Base 571-7: 14.6 mi
- Bowen Stone House Ruins: 17.0 mi
- Saguarohenge: 20.8 mi
- Sun Circle: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Signal Hill Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
Springs: 3
- Grays Spring: 20.6 mi
- Sid Simpson Spring: 21.0 mi
- Bills Spring: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Rocky Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Mountains | SW 221° | 1,991 m | 15.8 mi |
| Wasson Peak | ENE 61° | 1,414 m | 13.9 mi |
| Gunsight Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,411 m | 16.2 mi |
| Soto Peak | SSE 155° | 1,367 m | 17.6 mi |
| Stevens Mountain | S 170° | 1,343 m | 18.7 mi |
| Amole Peak | ENE 61° | 1,337 m | 13.5 mi |
| Silver Bell Peak | NNW 334° | 1,301 m | 17.9 mi |
| Golden Gate Mountain | E 81° | 1,300 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:48 | 17:25 |
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 | 53 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 82 | 72 | 61 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson 17 NW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359250826
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