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Wild Beef Trap

Wild Beef Trap, seen from above at true elevation

Wild Beef Trap is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,486 m. Apache Peaks stands 2,115 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Bee Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1486 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.61950, -110.47316

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Wild Bee Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Horse Camp Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Keam Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Gerald Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Carol Spring: 6.8 mi
Peaks
  • Indian Lookout: 5.6 mi
  • Carol Spring Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Sevenmile Mountains: 6.7 mi
  • Timber Camp Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Jackson Butte: 8.1 mi
Parks: 8
  • Jackson Butte Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
  • Seneca Lake Recreation Area: 10.1 mi
  • Roadside Picnic Area Milepost Two Hundred Ninety: 12.0 mi
  • Nofsgar Hill Baseball Complex: 23.3 mi
  • Ryan Park: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 2
Museums: 2
  • Apache Cultural Museum: 22.4 mi
  • Gila County Historical Museum: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • McMinnville Camp: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Old Dominion Mine Park: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Wild Beef Trap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Apache PeaksWSW 251°2,115 m16.4 mi
Chiricahua ButteESE 101°2,061 m20.2 mi
Carol Spring MountainWNW 299°2,018 m5.8 mi
Timber Camp MountainWNW 290°1,989 m7.4 mi
Bear MountainN 351°1,941 m22.1 mi
Wild Dove ButteNNE 18°1,932 m22.1 mi
Dads LookoutE 96°1,930 m11.5 mi
Cow Pasture ButteNNE 22°1,905 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2618:0118:34
June solstice05:1318:5919:36
September equinox06:1117:4718:20
December solstice07:2316:4017:18

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444854627081848277665344
Precip in2.01.91.00.40.40.32.72.11.01.21.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Globe #3, 24 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/359253534

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