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Bicentennial Tree

Bicentennial Tree from directly overhead

Bicentennial Tree is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,639 m. Mount Union stands 2,427 m to the south-southeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowboy at Rest, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Mingus Mountain Scenic Road passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
The International Society of Arboriculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary Period 1776 1976
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.53891, -112.46861
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Kuhne Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Whipple Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Thumb Butte: 3.0 mi
Springs
  • Deer Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Government Canyon Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Section Twelve Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Bellows Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Deer Lick Spring: 3.5 mi
Parks: 43
  • Courthouse Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Jefferson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ken Lindley Park: 0.6 mi
  • Acker Park: 0.6 mi
  • AC Williams Granite Creek Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Whiskey Row: 0.2 mi
  • Granite Dells: 4.7 mi
  • Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 4.8 mi
  • Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 8.1 mi
  • Montimer Farms: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 7
Museums: 7
Ghost towns: 7
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Co-creation Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Healing Garden: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Watson Wood Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Bicentennial Tree. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UnionSSE 157°2,427 m9.3 mi
Mount DavisSSE 153°2,407 m8.8 mi
Mount TritleS 170°2,368 m8.6 mi
Moscow PeakSSE 156°2,343 m10.3 mi
Spruce MountainSE 145°2,336 m6.4 mi
Granite BenchmarkNW 325°2,325 m8.4 mi
Lookout MountainS 172°2,291 m9.5 mi
Maverick MountainS 183°2,267 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3418:0918:42
June solstice05:1819:0919:47
September equinox06:1917:5518:28
December solstice07:3416:4517:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384146536170757467574638
Precip in1.51.81.50.60.50.22.72.81.61.00.91.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prescott, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12044979284

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