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Upper Grand Wash Cliffs

Upper Grand Wash Cliffs, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Grand Wash Cliffs is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,691 m. Mount Dellenbaugh stands 2,132 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Snap Spring, a spring 1.8 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 25 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1691 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.19721, -113.72856

107 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 53
Peaks: 30
  • Tincanebitts Point: 6.1 mi
  • Nevershine: 8.3 mi
  • Castle Peak: 9.0 mi
  • Burnt Canyon Point: 9.1 mi
  • Mount Dellenbaugh: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 2
Attractions: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Tassi Ranch: 13.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DellenbaughESE 120°2,132 m12.1 mi
Poverty MountainNE 42°2,068 m19.1 mi
Yellow John MountainESE 102°2,056 m14.7 mi
Last Chance KnollN 3°2,054 m14.0 mi
Grassy MountainENE 69°2,008 m15.6 mi
Blue MountainSE 139°2,002 m22.6 mi
Castle PeakE 96°1,989 m9.0 mi
Price PointSE 131°1,941 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:1318:47
June solstice05:1919:1819:56
September equinox06:2417:5918:33
December solstice07:4316:4517:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464856637384898881675445
Precip in0.80.80.60.50.10.11.20.50.50.90.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meadview 1W, 23 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/359253047

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