Ghost town · Arizona
Cochise
Cochise is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,287 m. Dos Cabezas Peaks stands 2,534 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gunnison Hills, a peak 5.7 miles away. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates32.11361, -109.92167
123 named places within 25 miles
Springs: 47
- Dragoon Spring: 10.5 mi
- Carlink Spring: 11.4 mi
- Barret Spring: 11.6 mi
- Cave Spring: 11.9 mi
- Little Spring: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 44
- Gunnison Hills: 5.7 mi
- Dragoon Peak: 8.7 mi
- Little Dragoon Mountains: 10.1 mi
- Blacktail Hill: 10.1 mi
- Lime Peak: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 9
- Ring Target: 8.5 mi
- Dragoon Springs Cemetery: 10.0 mi
- Metates: 10.6 mi
- Hazel Johnson Park: 11.0 mi
- The Willcox Women's Community Center: 11.0 mi
Parks: 9
- Historic Railroad Avenue Park: 11.0 mi
- Hazel Johnson Park: 11.0 mi
- Keiller Park and Recreation Center: 11.2 mi
- Quail Park: 11.2 mi
- Jessie Street Park: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Wasteland Buttress: 12.0 mi
- Ewephoria: 17.3 mi
- Trad Rock: 17.4 mi
- Sweet Rock: 17.6 mi
- Peanut Rock: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Russellville: 9.5 mi
- Pearce: 15.6 mi
- Courtland: 24.6 mi
- Tres Alamos: 25.0 mi
Museums: 4
- The Amerind Museum: 10.3 mi
- Chiricahua Regional Museum & Research Center: 10.9 mi
- Rex Allen Museum: 11.0 mi
- Cochise Stronghold Indian Museum: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Texas Canyon Rest Area: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cochise. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos Cabezas Peaks | ENE 67° | 2,534 m | 19.7 mi |
| Cooper Peak | ENE 71° | 2,412 m | 21.2 mi |
| Iron Tower | ENE 69° | 2,406 m | 19.7 mi |
| Government Peak | ENE 75° | 2,303 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Glenn | SSW 199° | 2,288 m | 11.8 mi |
| Howard Peak | ENE 74° | 2,284 m | 22.3 mi |
| Reiley Peak | NNW 331° | 2,252 m | 21.8 mi |
| Simmons Peak | ENE 62° | 2,251 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:24 | 17:59 | 18:32 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| September equinox | 06:09 | 17:46 | 18:18 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:43 | 17:20 |
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 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willcox, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Southeast Arizona · 13 mi
- Willcox · 13 mi
- Benson · 25 mi
- Tombstone · 29 mi
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