Slick Rock
Slick Rock is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 2,526 m. Mount Graham stands 3,264 m to the southeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Graham Mill Site, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Swift Trail Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2526 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Swift Trail Parkway
- 28.5 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Emerald Spring: 1.8 mi
- Bearwallow Spring: 2.1 mi
- Hawk Peak Spring: 2.1 mi
- Green Spring: 3.3 mi
- Round the Mountain Spring: 4.4 mi
- Webb Peak: 1.9 mi
- Hawk Peak: 2.1 mi
- Mount Graham: 2.3 mi
- Shingle Mill Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Grand View Peak: 2.7 mi
- Hospital Flat Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Treasure Park: 4.8 mi
- Shannon Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Shannon Park: 5.3 mi
- Snow Flat Boy Scout Camp: 5.4 mi
- Mt. Graham Mill Site: 0.8 mi
- Pima Railroad Station: 12.1 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Sanchez Campsite: 20.7 mi
- Melvin Jones International Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Tanque Water Station: 22.4 mi
- The People: 13.1 mi
- Bryce "B": 15.4 mi
- Eden "E": 16.6 mi
- Fort Thomas "T": 23.9 mi
- Hagens Point: 7.0 mi
- Red Knolls Amphitheater: 16.4 mi
- Noon Creek Picnic Grounds: 7.0 mi
- West Canyon Picnic Grounds: 7.1 mi
- Eastern Arizona Museum and Historical Society: 12.4 mi
- Ebenezer and Mary Ann Bryce Home: 14.1 mi
- Grant Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Dankworth Pond State Park: 11.2 mi
- Our Neighbor's Farm and Pantry: 12.3 mi
- Spenazuma: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Slick Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Graham | SE 141° | 3,264.07 m | 2.3 mi |
| Hawk Peak | SSE 157° | 3,235 m | 2.1 mi |
| Plain View Peak | SE 143° | 3,161 m | 3.0 mi |
| Webb Peak | SW 235° | 3,050 m | 1.9 mi |
| Heliograph Peak | SSE 153° | 3,050 m | 6.0 mi |
| Grand View Peak | W 260° | 2,930 m | 2.7 mi |
| Grant Hill | S 175° | 2,886 m | 4.3 mi |
| Eagle Rock | SSE 149° | 2,851 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:24 | 17:59 | 18:32 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| September equinox | 06:09 | 17:45 | 18:18 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:41 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Safford AG CTR, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359251810
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