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Camp Bouse Training Area

Camp Bouse Training Area from directly overhead

Camp Bouse Training Area is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 471 m. Smith Peak stands 1,599 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Bouse Peak, a peak 3.8 miles away. Harquahala Mountain Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

The story

US Army training center during World War II

Wikidata Q85750278, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates34.03143, -113.73407

65 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
  • Camp Bouse Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Battleship Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Harcuvar Peak: 9.6 mi
  • Clara Peak: 10.2 mi
  • Black Butte: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Water Tank Hill (1909): 11.1 mi
  • Dust Chamber (1910): 11.3 mi
  • Copper Smelter (1910): 11.3 mi
  • Reverberatory Furance (1912): 11.3 mi
  • Dairy Milking House (1910): 11.3 mi
Parks: 5
  • Camp Bouse: 17.0 mi
  • Bouse Community Park: 17.8 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 18.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 19.5 mi
  • Alamo Wildlife Area: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Miner's Arch: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Museums: 1
  • Bouse Museum: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Bouse Training Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smith PeakE 84°1,599 m21.8 mi
Harcuvar PeakSE 146°1,402 m9.6 mi
E C P PeakE 97°1,395 m14.6 mi
Salome PeakS 175°1,188 m13.3 mi
Socorro PeakSE 140°1,132 m24.7 mi
Low MountainESE 115°1,070 m13.8 mi
Potts MountainN 0°1,013 m23.5 mi
Planet PeakWNW 304°951 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:1418:47
June solstice05:2519:1319:50
September equinox06:2418:0018:33
December solstice07:3716:5217:30

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495359677685919083715848
Precip in1.01.10.80.20.10.10.81.20.70.60.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alamo DAM, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element node/7804832369

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