Ghost town · Arizona
Catoctin
Catoctin is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,544 m. Mount Union stands 2,427 m to the east, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Quartz Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mingus Mountain Scenic Road passes 25 miles off.
ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona
How to reach it
Coordinates34.42556, -112.53056
- 25.4 mi off the Mingus Mountain Scenic Road
- 54.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Quartz Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Maverick Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Top of Pines: 4.2 mi
- Dopper Peak: 4.3 mi
- Mount Francis: 4.4 mi
Springs
- Glen Oaks Spring: 1.8 mi
- Lone Pine Spring: 1.8 mi
- Scotty Spring: 2.3 mi
- Independent Spring: 2.5 mi
- Buzzard Spring: 2.8 mi
Parks: 43
- Goldwater Lake Park: 6.8 mi
- Mount Union Recreational Area: 7.3 mi
- Mount Union Family Picnic Ground: 7.3 mi
- Jefferson Park: 8.3 mi
- Acker Park: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 26
- Firefighters Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Bicentennial Tree: 8.6 mi
- Granite Creek: 8.7 mi
- Pauline Weaver: 8.7 mi
- Statehood Tree: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 8
- Cowboy at Rest: 8.7 mi
- Upper Granite Creek Watershed: 8.8 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 13.8 mi
- Campus Miniature Model: 13.9 mi
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 811: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 8
- Whiskey Row: 8.7 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
- Granite Dells: 13.2 mi
- Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 15.6 mi
- That Seventies Store: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Alexandra: 16.9 mi
- Bradshaw City: 18.7 mi
- Cleator: 19.8 mi
- Weaver: 21.2 mi
- Cordes: 22.4 mi
Museums: 5
- Sharlot Hall Museum: 8.6 mi
- Museum of Indigenous People: 9.1 mi
- Fort Whipple Museum: 9.8 mi
- Highlands Center for Natural History: 10.4 mi
- Phippen Museum of Western Art: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Groom Creek Schoolhouse Group Picnic Site: 6.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Lynx Lake - North Shore Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Watson Wood Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 14.2 mi
- Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park: 20.4 mi
Gardens: 2
- Co-creation Garden: 8.8 mi
- Healing Garden: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Sycamore Rim: 23.7 mi
- Owl Rocks: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Wolf Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Catoctin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Union | E 96° | 2,427 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Davis | E 90° | 2,407 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Tritle | E 97° | 2,368 m | 5.0 mi |
| Moscow Peak | ESE 101° | 2,343 m | 7.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,336 m | 7.7 mi |
| Granite Benchmark | N 355° | 2,325 m | 14.7 mi |
| Towers Mountain | SE 145° | 2,324 m | 16.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,291 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:55 | 18:28 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prescott, 12 mi away.
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