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Goldfield Ghost Town

Goldfield Ghost Town from directly overhead

Goldfield Ghost Town is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 616 m. Superstition Peak stands 1,541 m to the east-southeast, 6.0 miles off. Apache Trail Historic Road runs past it.

ghost town and tourist attraction in Youngberg, Arizona, United States

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Coordinates33.45780, -111.48800

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lost Dutchman State Park: 0.4 mi
  • Prospector Park: 3.4 mi
  • City Complex Park: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
  • Earth Heart Park & Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Peaks
  • Saddle Rock: 1.7 mi
  • The Flatiron: 2.4 mi
  • Orohai Mountains: 2.6 mi
  • Ironview Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Hackberry Mesa: 4.3 mi
Springs
  • Cottonwood Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Hackberry Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Second Water Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Willow Spring: 5.8 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 7.1 mi
Artworks
  • Bella Vida Mural: 4.5 mi
  • Dragontail Tower: 10.2 mi
  • Lion Statue: 15.4 mi
  • The Need To Know: 15.8 mi
  • Mariposa Falls: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 47
Historic sites: 45
Attractions: 37
  • Goldfield Ghost Town: 0.2 mi
  • Superstition Mountain Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Desert Belle Cruises: 8.5 mi
  • Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace: 10.0 mi
  • Pirate's Assault Catapault: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Boulder Picnic: 6.3 mi
  • Acacia Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
  • Water Users Picnic: 7.5 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Butcher Jones: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 7
  • Usery Mountain Regional Park: 7.3 mi
  • Humming Bird/Butterfly Habitat: 21.9 mi
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 22.0 mi
  • Chaparral Habitat: 22.2 mi
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Sandy Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Back Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Fish Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Buckhorn Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Illinois: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Massacre Falls: 2.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Goldfield Ghost Town. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Superstition PeakESE 123°1,541 m6.0 mi
Ironview PeakESE 119°1,531 m2.6 mi
Tortilla MountainE 80°1,489 m9.8 mi
The FlatironSE 126°1,419 m2.4 mi
Superstition MountainsESE 117°1,398 m4.5 mi
Weaver's NeedleESE 104°1,388 m7.0 mi
Music MountainE 91°1,309 m10.1 mi
Picacho ButteE 101°1,308 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0518:38
June solstice05:1719:0319:40
September equinox06:1517:5118:24
December solstice07:2716:4517:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555762697786919085746354
Precip in1.51.61.30.50.30.11.41.51.10.71.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apache Junction 5 NE, under a mile away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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