Ghost town · Arizona
Bumble Bee
Bumble Bee is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 786 m. Towers Mountain stands 2,324 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Point Rest Area, a rest area 1.5 miles away.
ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona
How to reach it
Coordinates34.20083, -112.15306
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bland Hill: 1.8 mi
- Black Mesa: 2.5 mi
- Joes Hill: 4.4 mi
- Townsend Butte: 6.2 mi
- Twin Peaks: 6.4 mi
Springs
- Sheep Gulch Spring: 1.8 mi
- Government Spring: 2.9 mi
- Cordes Cabin Spring: 3.3 mi
- Barrel Spring: 4.8 mi
- Bill Arp Spring: 4.9 mi
Parks: 14
- Horsethief Basin Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Henry Cordes Park: 8.7 mi
- Black Canyon Heritage Park: 9.0 mi
- High Desert Park: 9.9 mi
- Minds Garden: 10.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- Cleator: 7.1 mi
- Cordes: 7.1 mi
- Big Bug: 9.3 mi
- Alexandra: 9.8 mi
- Bradshaw City: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Agua Fria National Monument: 5.2 mi
- New River Nature Reserve: 17.2 mi
- Lake Pleasant Regional Park: 20.6 mi
- Cedar Bench Wilderness: 23.9 mi
- Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 6
- Pueblo La Plata Interpretive Site: 7.9 mi
- Rock Shop: 10.5 mi
- That Seventies Store: 14.4 mi
- Archeology Notification: 20.4 mi
- Montimer Farms: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Cottonwood Day Use Area: 22.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Lakeview Day Use Area: 23.9 mi
- Seven Springs: 24.0 mi
- Groom Creek Schoolhouse Group Picnic Site: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
- White Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- West Point: 17.8 mi
- Verde Rim: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Corral: 23.3 mi
- Anthem Veterans Memorial: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Sunset Point Rest Area: 1.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Bumble Bee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towers Mountain | W 281° | 2,324 m | 12.5 mi |
| Lane Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,195 m | 10.1 mi |
| Watson Peak | WSW 251° | 2,183 m | 10.1 mi |
| Wasson Peak | W 264° | 2,166 m | 11.1 mi |
| Porphry Mountain | W 274° | 2,141 m | 12.1 mi |
| Horse Mountain | W 279° | 2,127 m | 15.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks | W 265° | 2,093 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 304° | 2,062 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 66 | 76 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cordes, 7 mi away.
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