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Weaver

Weaver from directly overhead

Weaver is a ghost town in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,054 m. Towers Mountain stands 2,324 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Weaver Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Joshua Forest Scenic Road passes 14 miles off.

Ghost town in the US

The record

What the record says

Founded
1863
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.15500, -112.70700
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Weaver Mountain: 0.4 mi
  • Rich Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Lion Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Round Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Antelope Peak: 4.4 mi
Springs
  • Barrel Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Stump Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Antelope Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Round Mountain Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Surveyor Spring: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Eric Marsh: 5.1 mi
  • Robert Cadwell: 5.2 mi
  • Clayton Whitted: 5.2 mi
  • Granite Mountain Hotshot Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Jesse Steed: 5.2 mi
Parks: 16
  • Yarnell Hill Fire Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • Flora May Park: 5.3 mi
  • Tenderfoot Hill Park: 8.8 mi
  • Constellation Park: 12.2 mi
  • Pinky's Park: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Attractions: 4
Artworks: 3
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Box Canyon of the Hassayampa River: 7.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Vulture Arch: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Weaver. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Towers MountainENE 74°2,324 m20.1 mi
Wasson PeakE 84°2,166 m20.8 mi
Porphry MountainENE 78°2,141 m20.0 mi
Horse MountainENE 72°2,127 m17.8 mi
Pine MountainNE 54°2,062 m21.5 mi
Tuscumbia MountainENE 68°2,025 m21.3 mi
Weaver PeakNNW 334°1,977 m13.3 mi
Rocky Boy PeakNNW 334°1,879 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3518:1018:43
June solstice05:2019:0919:46
September equinox06:2017:5618:29
December solstice07:3416:4717:26

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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