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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. The nearest named place is Lost Dutchman State Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 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: 52
  • 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: 45
Historic sites: 44
Attractions: 35
  • 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
  • Black Rock: 13.9 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: 6
  • 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
  • Tortoise Habitat: 22.5 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 PeakESE1,541 m6.0 mi
Ironview PeakESE1,531 m2.6 mi
Tortilla MountainE1,489 m9.8 mi
The FlatironSE1,419 m2.4 mi
Superstition MountainsESE1,398 m4.5 mi
Weaver's NeedleESE1,388 m7.0 mi
Music MountainE1,309 m10.1 mi
Picacho ButteE1,308 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.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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