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Fillibusters Camp

Fillibusters Camp from directly overhead

Fillibusters Camp is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Thumb Peak stands 1,007 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wellton Mesa, a peak 0.3 miles away. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

ghost town in Yuma County, Arizona

How to reach it

Coordinates32.68060, -114.05600

45 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 20
  • Wellton Mesa: 0.3 mi
  • Radar Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Antelope Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Red Bluff Mountain: 9.3 mi
  • Coyote Peak: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 7
Parks: 5
  • Butterfield Park: 4.6 mi
  • Westside Park: 5.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 6.2 mi
  • Yuma Foothills Community Park: 20.3 mi
  • Contreras Field (Yuma Aeromodelers): 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Tank in cemetery; military memorial.: 22.4 mi
  • Big Eye Mine: 25.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Glynns Falls: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thumb PeakN 353°1,007 m24.0 mi
Sheep MountainSW 226°949 m14.6 mi
Coyote PeakSSE 166°851 m12.0 mi
Buck PeakSSE 155°785 m22.6 mi
Red Top MountainWSW 243°665 m15.7 mi
Thumb ButteN 355°651 m22.2 mi
Red Bluff MountainNNW 331°545 m9.3 mi
Raven ButteS 189°541 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1618:48
June solstice05:3019:1219:48
September equinox06:2518:0218:34
December solstice07:3516:5717:35

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864717987949488756253
Precip in0.40.60.40.10.10.00.40.40.40.20.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacna 3 NE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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