Santa Claus
Santa Claus is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,035 m. Hayden Peak stands 2,542 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral Park, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Old Route 66 - Oatman Road passes 13 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Old Route 66 - Oatman Road
- 13.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tri-State Viewpoint · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gross Spring: 3.8 mi
- Charcoal Spring: 5.9 mi
- Lucky Boy Spring: 6.9 mi
- Canyon Station Spring: 6.9 mi
- Upper Cherum Spring: 7.0 mi
- Turquoise Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Ithaca Peak: 4.7 mi
- Silver Hill: 4.9 mi
- Stockton Hill: 5.6 mi
- Cherum Peak: 6.1 mi
- Chloride Community Park: 5.4 mi
- Veterans Park: 7.5 mi
- Canyon Shadows Neighborhood Park: 11.7 mi
- Neal Butler Park: 12.5 mi
- Walleck Ranch Park: 12.8 mi
- Mineral Park: 1.1 mi
- Cerbat: 4.5 mi
- Chloride: 4.8 mi
- Ha' Qa' Muwe: (Ancestral Home of the Hualapai): 11.9 mi
- Camp Beale Springs: 11.9 mi
- Historic Cohenour House: 13.4 mi
- Sante Fe Locomotive Number 3759: 13.5 mi
- Kingman Route 66 Arch: 13.6 mi
- Bonelli House: 13.7 mi
- George R. Kayser House: 13.9 mi
- Mohave Museum of History and Arts: 13.4 mi
- Arizona Route 66 Museum: 13.5 mi
- Kingman Railroad Museum: 13.8 mi
- Electric Vehicle Museum: 13.8 mi
- Cool Springs Stations Museum: 22.0 mi
- Cerbat: 4.9 mi
- Polhamus Landing: 22.3 mi
- Oatman: 23.4 mi
- Chloride Murals, by artist Roy Purcell: 5.5 mi
- Poki, World's Largest Desert Tortoise: 24.2 mi
- Dig-It Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Deer Canyon Picinic Area: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santa Claus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Peak | SE 135° | 2,542 m | 24.9 mi |
| Aspen Peak | SE 133° | 2,489 m | 24.8 mi |
| Dean Peak | SE 128° | 2,420 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Tipton | N 5° | 2,177 m | 14.0 mi |
| Cherum Peak | NE 46° | 2,127 m | 6.1 mi |
| Packsaddle Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,955 m | 9.1 mi |
| Stockton Hill | E 92° | 1,808 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Perkins | NW 314° | 1,660 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:18 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:02 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:50 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 69 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingman AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Oatman · 23 mi
- Bullhead City · 24 mi
- Laughlin · 26 mi
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