Centennial of Chiricahua Apache
Centennial of Chiricahua Apache is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,150 m. Dos Cabezas Peaks stands 2,534 m to the southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Welker-Scott Memorial Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Swift Trail Parkway passes 28 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1988
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Swift Trail Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cowboy Swimming Hole: 4.8 mi
- White Rock Spring: 5.5 mi
- Lower Bear Spring: 5.5 mi
- Upper Bear Spring: 6.0 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 6.7 mi
- Rough Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Fisher Hills: 7.0 mi
- Maverick Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Virginia Hill: 7.5 mi
- Government Peak: 8.5 mi
- Old Fort Bowie: 0.3 mi
- Chiricahua Apache Indian Agency (Ruins): 12.6 mi
- First Fort Bowie (Ruins): 12.9 mi
- Second Fort Bowie (Ruins): 12.9 mi
- Abandoned Car: 19.5 mi
- Welker-Scott Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Mineral Park: 10.1 mi
- Historic Railroad Avenue Park: 20.5 mi
- Jessie Street Park: 20.6 mi
- Hazel Johnson Park: 20.7 mi
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- BLM: 12.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 15.9 mi
- Inspiration Point: 24.8 mi
- Rex Allen Museum: 20.5 mi
- Chiricahua Regional Museum & Research Center: 20.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.5 mi
- Faraway ranch (guided tour): 23.0 mi
- Indian Bread Rocks Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Wood Canyon Waterfall: 20.8 mi
- San Simon Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Centennial of Chiricahua Apache. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos Cabezas Peaks | SW 225° | 2,534 m | 10.0 mi |
| Cochise Head | SSE 149° | 2,465 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cooper Peak | SSW 213° | 2,412 m | 9.4 mi |
| Iron Tower | SW 222° | 2,406 m | 10.2 mi |
| Timber Mountain | SSE 153° | 2,375 m | 20.6 mi |
| Government Peak | S 188° | 2,303 m | 8.5 mi |
| Howard Peak | SSW 203° | 2,284 m | 9.5 mi |
| Simmons Peak | SW 235° | 2,251 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:23 | 17:58 | 18:30 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| September equinox | 06:07 | 17:44 | 18:16 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:40 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bowie, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5084582421
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