Ghost town · Arizona
Jerome Junction
Jerome Junction is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,392 m. Woodchute Mountain stands 2,391 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Center Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 30 miles off.
ghost town in Arizona
What the record says
- Founded
- 1894
How to reach it
Coordinates34.78667, -112.42944
- 30.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.1 mi off the Mingus Mountain Scenic Road
- 18.1 mi off the Dry Creek Scenic Road
- 18.1 mi off the Jerome, Clarkdale, and Cottonwood Historic Road
Overlooks nearby
- 89A Scenic Viewpoint · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Black Hill: 6.8 mi
- Table Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Cooper Tank: 8.1 mi
- Saddle Butte: 8.4 mi
- Simmons Peak: 8.9 mi
Springs
- Del Rio Springs: 2.5 mi
- Duff Spring: 10.0 mi
- Tin Trough Spring: 11.2 mi
- Mint Spring: 11.5 mi
- Baker Spring: 12.2 mi
Parks: 43
- Community Center Park: 1.5 mi
- Center Street Park: 3.4 mi
- Viewpoint Park: 10.7 mi
- Pronghorn Park: 11.1 mi
- Heritage Park: 12.0 mi
Museums: 11
- Phippen Museum of Western Art: 11.3 mi
- Fort Whipple Museum: 16.2 mi
- Museum of Indigenous People: 16.9 mi
- Sharlot Hall Museum: 17.1 mi
- Jerome Historic Society: 17.9 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Hardyville Road Marker: 15.1 mi
- Prescott P: 17.0 mi
- Pauline Weaver: 17.1 mi
- Granite Creek: 17.1 mi
- Captain William O’Neill: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 7
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 811: 11.8 mi
- Campus Miniature Model: 11.9 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 11.9 mi
- Native American statues: 14.3 mi
- Policeman statue: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 7
- Granite Dells: 13.5 mi
- Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 14.8 mi
- Whiskey Row: 17.1 mi
- Jerome J: 17.8 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Promised Land: 2.4 mi
- Hell Point: 12.0 mi
- Owl Rocks: 19.5 mi
- Elk Ridge: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 13.4 mi
- Watson Wood Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Tuzigoot National Monument: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 3
- Healing Garden: 16.9 mi
- Co-creation Garden: 16.9 mi
- Cottonwood Community Garden: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Lynx Lake - North Shore Picnic Site: 18.4 mi
- Groom Creek Schoolhouse Group Picnic Site: 21.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Wolf Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Jerome Junction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodchute Mountain | E 100° | 2,391 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mingus Mountain | ESE 110° | 2,355 m | 18.3 mi |
| Granite Benchmark | SW 214° | 2,325 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hickey Mountain | ESE 113° | 2,310 m | 15.0 mi |
| Granite Mountain | SW 220° | 2,208 m | 13.1 mi |
| West Spruce Mountain | SSW 208° | 2,185 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Francis | SSW 196° | 2,167 m | 21.4 mi |
| Little Granite Mountain | SW 214° | 2,160 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| September equinox | 06:18 | 17:55 | 18:28 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chino Valley, 3 mi away.
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