Ghost town · Arizona
Cordes
Cordes is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,147 m. Mount Union stands 2,427 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cordes Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mingus Mountain Scenic Road passes 26 miles off.
ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona
How to reach it
Coordinates34.30333, -112.16694
- 25.7 mi off the Mingus Mountain Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Cordes Peak: 1.1 mi
- Townsend Butte: 3.1 mi
- Bland Hill: 5.8 mi
- S A Hill: 6.0 mi
- Copper Mountain: 7.3 mi
Springs
- Dripping Spring: 1.4 mi
- Jubilee Spring: 3.7 mi
- Government Spring: 4.3 mi
- Quail Spring: 5.0 mi
- Blanchard Spring: 5.1 mi
Parks: 35
- Henry Cordes Park: 3.2 mi
- Minds Garden: 4.7 mi
- Centennial Park: 7.5 mi
- Horsethief Basin Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
- Mount Union Family Picnic Ground: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 9
- Cleator: 4.1 mi
- Big Bug: 5.8 mi
- Bumble Bee: 7.1 mi
- Alexandra: 8.5 mi
- Bradshaw City: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 8
- That Seventies Store: 7.6 mi
- Pueblo La Plata Interpretive Site: 8.7 mi
- Montimer Farms: 16.1 mi
- Rock Shop: 17.6 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 19.9 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Prescott P: 22.2 mi
- Bicentennial Tree: 23.7 mi
- Yavapai County Service Flag: 23.8 mi
- Captain William O’Neill: 23.8 mi
- Statehood Tree: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
- Agua Fria National Monument: 7.7 mi
- Cedar Bench Wilderness: 21.2 mi
- Watson Wood Preserve: 24.1 mi
- New River Nature Reserve: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Sunset Point: 8.4 mi
- Verde Rim: 20.9 mi
- White Bluffs: 23.2 mi
- West Point: 24.8 mi
Museums: 4
- Highlands Center for Natural History: 20.0 mi
- Museum of Indigenous People: 23.5 mi
- Fort Whipple Museum: 23.8 mi
- Sharlot Hall Museum: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 4
- Policeman statue: 22.2 mi
- Native American statues: 22.3 mi
- Cowboy at Rest: 23.8 mi
- Upper Granite Creek Watershed: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Groom Creek Schoolhouse Group Picnic Site: 19.2 mi
- Lynx Lake - North Shore Picnic Site: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 2
- Co-creation Garden: 24.3 mi
- Healing Garden: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Sunset Point Rest Area: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Wolf Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Cordes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Union | WNW 300° | 2,427 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Davis | WNW 303° | 2,407 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Tritle | WNW 297° | 2,368 m | 17.6 mi |
| Moscow Peak | WNW 298° | 2,343 m | 14.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NW 309° | 2,336 m | 17.4 mi |
| Towers Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,324 m | 12.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WNW 293° | 2,291 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 312° | 2,221 m | 16.9 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 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:45 | 17:23 |
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, under a mile away.
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