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Drift Desert

Drift Desert from directly overhead

Drift Desert is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Cunningham Mountain stands 1,007 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Park, a park 1.8 miles away. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

Ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona

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Coordinates33.41370, -114.64690
Around it

50 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 22
  • Palo Verde Peak: 9.5 mi
  • Needles Eye: 10.4 mi
  • Thumb Peak: 12.6 mi
  • Flat Tops: 12.7 mi
  • Mohave Peak: 13.0 mi
Parks: 15
  • Miller Park: 1.8 mi
  • Thirty Eighth Street County Park: 1.8 mi
  • Palo Verde County Park: 4.6 mi
  • Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: 7.3 mi
  • Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: 7.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Clapp Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Well: 13.1 mi
  • Arrowweed Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Arrowhead Springs: 16.7 mi
  • Peter Kane Water Hole: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Drift Desert. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cunningham MountainENE 58°1,007 m20.2 mi
Sawtooth MountainNE 50°901 m21.6 mi
Ferra PeakNE 50°896 m21.6 mi
Mohave PeakSE 137°840 m13.0 mi
Needles EyeSSE 152°755 m10.4 mi
La Cholla MountainNE 54°695 m23.4 mi
Quartz PeakSSW 204°664 m24.6 mi
Peter Kane MountainSSW 204°643 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1818:51
June solstice05:3019:1619:52
September equinox06:2718:0418:37
December solstice06:3915:5816:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555865728188949387746352
Precip in0.60.60.40.10.10.00.20.40.40.20.20.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blythe, 14 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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