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Piedmont

Piedmont from directly overhead

Piedmont is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,018 m. Weaver Peak stands 1,977 m to the north-northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ziger Spring, a spring 3.7 miles away. Joshua Forest Scenic Road passes 9.3 miles off.

ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona

How to reach it

Coordinates34.23889, -112.86444

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Ziger Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Billingsley Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Juniper Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Genung Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Antelope Spring: 9.1 mi
Peaks
  • Tenderfoot Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Rocky Boy Peak: 6.4 mi
  • Weaver Peak: 6.9 mi
  • Genung Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Ritter Peak: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 23
  • Sean Misner: 5.0 mi
  • Grant McKee: 5.1 mi
  • John Percin Jr.: 5.1 mi
  • Kevin Woyjeck: 5.1 mi
  • Hotshots Fatality Site: 5.1 mi
Parks: 13
  • Tenderfoot Hill Park: 4.3 mi
  • Flora May Park: 6.8 mi
  • Yarnell Hill Fire Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
  • Lounce Lookout: 7.6 mi
  • Sunset Park: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Fatality Site: 5.1 mi
  • Yarnell Fire 19 Spot: 6.1 mi
  • Wickenburg Jail Tree: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Box Canyon of the Hassayampa River: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Piedmont. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weaver PeakNNE 27°1,977 m6.9 mi
Martin MountainNNE 15°1,960 m20.3 mi
Brushy MountainNNE 16°1,883 m22.6 mi
Rocky Boy PeakNNE 34°1,879 m6.4 mi
Antelope PeakESE 102°1,760 m7.8 mi
Bald MountainN 8°1,750 m23.0 mi
Ritter PeakN 5°1,716 m7.6 mi
Quartz MountainENE 57°1,698 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1018:43
June solstice05:2119:1019:47
September equinox06:2017:5718:30
December solstice07:3416:4817:26

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505258647281888780685749
Precip in1.21.61.00.30.20.11.12.01.00.50.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wickenburg, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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