Ghost town · Arizona
Tip Top
Tip Top is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 763 m. Towers Mountain stands 2,324 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Lucky Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away.
ghost town in Arizona, USA
What the record says
- Founded
- 1876
How to reach it
Coordinates34.05083, -112.24694
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bald Hill: 2.2 mi
- Gold Hill: 2.7 mi
- Dutch Butte: 2.9 mi
- Williams Mesa: 3.0 mi
- Black Hill: 4.2 mi
Springs
- Lucky Spring: 1.0 mi
- Yellow Jacket Spring: 2.0 mi
- Lizzie Lee Mine Spring: 2.9 mi
- Tule Spring: 3.2 mi
- Rockwall Spring: 3.4 mi
Parks: 51
- High Desert Park: 5.5 mi
- Black Canyon Heritage Park: 5.7 mi
- Horsethief Basin Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- New River Community Park: 12.2 mi
- The Landing Pocket Park: 14.2 mi
Nature reserves: 12
- Lake Pleasant Regional Park: 9.2 mi
- New River Nature Reserve: 9.4 mi
- Agua Fria National Monument: 15.9 mi
- Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area: 19.9 mi
- Jewel of the Creek Preserve: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- Gillett: 5.2 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 11.6 mi
- Bumble Bee: 11.7 mi
- Bradshaw City: 11.9 mi
- Alexandra: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 6
- Rock Shop: 5.6 mi
- Archeology Notification: 14.7 mi
- Pueblo La Plata Interpretive Site: 18.7 mi
- Spur Cross Stables: 20.4 mi
- Jeep Wreck: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Cottonwood Day Use Area: 11.2 mi
- Lakeview Day Use Area: 12.3 mi
- Wild Burro Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
- Bobcat Day Use Area: 14.0 mi
- Ringtail Day Use Area: 14.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Anthem Veterans Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Corral: 19.8 mi
- Sayer Springs - Old Stage Coach stop.: 20.6 mi
Museums: 3
- Pioneer Arizona History Museum: 16.9 mi
- Mercantile: 16.9 mi
- Cave Creek Museum: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
- White Bluffs: 5.9 mi
- West Point: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 2
- Xeric Garden: 20.5 mi
- Desert Defenders Native Seed Garden: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Sunset Point Rest Area: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Tip Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towers Mountain | NNW 331° | 2,324 m | 14.4 mi |
| Lane Mountain | NNW 330° | 2,195 m | 8.2 mi |
| Watson Peak | NNW 329° | 2,183 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wasson Peak | NNW 329° | 2,166 m | 10.8 mi |
| Porphry Mountain | NNW 329° | 2,141 m | 13.1 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NW 324° | 2,127 m | 15.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks | N 354° | 2,093 m | 9.9 mi |
| Tuscumbia Mountain | NNW 337° | 2,025 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| September equinox | 06:18 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 86 | 91 | 91 | 85 | 75 | 64 | 55 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castle HOT Springs, 8 mi away.
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