Ghost town · Arizona
American Flag
American Flag is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,346 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is American Flag Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off.
ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona
What the record says
- Founded
- 1870
How to reach it
Coordinates32.58000, -110.72000
- 9.3 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- San Pedro Vista · 13 mi
- Geology Vista · 14 mi
- Windy Point · 15 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- American Flag Hill: 0.6 mi
- Ray Spring Hill: 1.1 mi
- Apache Peak: 2.7 mi
- Oracle Hill: 3.3 mi
- Alto Hill: 4.6 mi
Springs
- Ray Spring: 1.3 mi
- American Flag Spring: 2.3 mi
- Pela Seca Spring: 3.7 mi
- Tule Spring: 3.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 4.5 mi
Parks: 41
- Oracle Park: 3.5 mi
- San Manuel Park: 5.4 mi
- San Manuel Main Street Park: 5.6 mi
- Mammoth Softball Field Park: 10.8 mi
- Ysidro Ruiz Park: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 27
- Miner's Grave: 2.1 mi
- Southern Belle Mine: 2.2 mi
- Catalina Camp: 7.2 mi
- Titan II Missile Base 570-1: 9.9 mi
- Catalina Mountain School: 14.0 mi
Gardens: 20
- Victor Romero Rose Garden: 20.4 mi
- Children's Garden: 22.5 mi
- Sin Agua Garden: 22.5 mi
- Ethbotanical Garden: 22.5 mi
- Spanish Colonial Courtyard: 22.5 mi
Nature reserves: 18
- Faul Preservation Area: 10.0 mi
- Butterfly Research Natural Area: 10.0 mi
- Upper Cañada del Oro: 10.1 mi
- Oracle Ridge Property: 10.4 mi
- Santa Catalina Research Natural Area: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 13
- Friends of Catalina State Park: 15.3 mi
- Artisan Center: 15.6 mi
- The Learning Tree: 19.9 mi
- Bighorn: 20.0 mi
- Dream It, Then Do It: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Seven Catarcts: 14.9 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 16.8 mi
- Seven Falls: 17.7 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 22.8 mi
- Chiva Falls: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Loma Linda Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Sykes Knob Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Charlie Dike: 14.7 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 16.7 mi
- Sun Spot: 16.7 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 17.0 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 17.1 mi
Museums: 5
- motorcycle museum (under const.): 5.3 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 20.4 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 22.5 mi
- Tucson Desert Art Museum: 23.9 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 5
- Incinerated Ridge: 12.4 mi
- Tall Wall: 12.5 mi
- The Window: 16.2 mi
- Geology Wall: 22.5 mi
- Crested Saguaro: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Tiger: 9.1 mi
- Redington: 16.9 mi
- Copper Creek: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of American Flag. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | SSW 203° | 2,794 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | S 178° | 2,607 m | 11.4 mi |
| Kellogg Mountain | S 177° | 2,561 m | 11.5 mi |
| Marshall Peak | SSW 194° | 2,530 m | 11.1 mi |
| Spencer Peak | S 187° | 2,493 m | 11.1 mi |
| Leopold Point | S 174° | 2,460 m | 11.9 mi |
| Syke Knob | S 190° | 2,426 m | 10.4 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | SSW 208° | 2,426 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 18:02 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:49 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 69 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oracle 2 SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Saguaro National Park · 26 mi
- Tucson · 28 mi
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