Agate House
Agate House is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,676 m. Little Mesa Redonda stands 1,966 m to the south, 23 miles off. Historic Route 66 passes 18 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Agate House is a partially reconstructed Puebloan building in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States, built almost entirely of petrified wood. The eight-room pueblo has been dated to approximately the year 900 and occupied through 1200, of the Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods. The agatized wood was laid in a clay mortar, in lieu of the more usual sandstone-and-mortar masonry of the area. The ruins of Agate House were reconstructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933-34 under the direction of C.B. Cosgrove Jr. of the New Mexico Laboratory of Anthropology. Room 7 was fully reconstructed with a new roof. Room 2's walls were rebuilt to a height of five feet, but not roofed, and the remaining walls were rebuilt to a height of two or three feet.
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Wikidata Q4529768, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
68 named places within 25 miles
- The Flattops: 2.9 mi
- Martha's Butte: 4.0 mi
- The Battleship: 5.6 mi
- Twin Buttes: 8.4 mi
- Potter Mesa: 8.9 mi
- Agate House: 0.0 mi
- Long Logs: 0.3 mi
- Giant Logs: 0.8 mi
- Stephen T. Mather Memorial Plaque: 0.8 mi
- Crystal Forest Gift Shop: 1.9 mi
- Lacey Point: 18.2 mi
- Whipple Point: 18.4 mi
- Nizhoni Point: 18.6 mi
- Tiponi Point: 19.0 mi
- Point of the Mountain: 19.3 mi
- Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center: 0.7 mi
- Navajo County Historical Museum: 18.1 mi
- Painted Desert Inn: 19.7 mi
- Hunt Park: 18.0 mi
- Petrified Forest National Park: 19.8 mi
- Pioneer Park: 23.4 mi
- Old Us route 66: 17.3 mi
- Hashknife Pony Express Rider: 18.1 mi
- Ninemile Seep: 21.2 mi
- Cottonwood Seep: 23.3 mi
- Adamana: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Agate House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mesa Redonda | S 177° | 1,966 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pilot Rock | N 358° | 1,900 m | 24.2 mi |
| South Mountain | SE 125° | 1,845 m | 21.2 mi |
| Stinking Springs Mountain | SE 125° | 1,844 m | 21.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SSE 158° | 1,842 m | 24.9 mi |
| Black Knoll | NE 53° | 1,818 m | 12.1 mi |
| Fourmile Knoll | SW 220° | 1,815 m | 22.5 mi |
| North Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,813 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:31 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| September equinox | 06:08 | 17:44 | 18:18 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:34 | 17:13 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petrified Forest NP, 1 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Petrified Forest National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jun.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Holbrook · 18 mi
- Joseph City · 29 mi
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