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False Continental Divide Monument

False Continental Divide Monument from directly overhead

False Continental Divide Monument is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,837 m. Miller Peak stands 2,886 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Garfield Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 149 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.

What the record says

Inscription
Continental Divide Elev. 6,030 Road constructed by prison labor A.D. 1913-14 Board of Control Geo. W.P. Hunt Governor J.C. Callaghan Auditor D.R. Osburn Member R.B. Sims Supt. Of Prison Lamar Cobb State Engineer

How to reach it

Coordinates31.45858, -109.94306

149 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 52
  • Mount Ballard: 1.4 mi
  • Fissure Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Martin: 1.8 mi
  • Quality Hill: 1.8 mi
  • School Hill: 1.9 mi
Parks: 29
  • Garfield Park: 0.9 mi
  • Old City Park - Bisbee: 2.0 mi
  • Grassy Park: 2.0 mi
  • Goar Park: 2.1 mi
  • Saginaw Park: 4.0 mi
Springs: 24
  • Pete Moore Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Bull Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Little Sandy Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Antelope Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Kelly Spring: 19.3 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Eliza Thurston: 1.9 mi
  • Harrison M. Lavender: 3.0 mi
  • Mormon Battalion Monument: 11.6 mi
  • Clanton Ranch: 15.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 20.3 mi
Museums: 10
Attractions: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Artworks: 3
  • Iron Man: 1.7 mi
  • Art Wall: 2.0 mi
  • Wyatt Earp: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Sacred Heart Church Rose Trees: 19.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Aduana: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Carr Canyon Waterfall: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of False Continental Divide Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Miller PeakWSW 258°2,885.77 m21.1 mi
Carr PeakW 262°2,815.66 m21.5 mi
Ramsey PeakW 266°2,659 m23.2 mi
Pat Scott PeakW 265°2,596 m23.9 mi
Granite PeakW 262°2,547 m23.0 mi
Montezuma PeakWSW 250°2,304 m20.1 mi
Fissure PeakWSW 238°2,249.53 m1.5 mi
Mount BallardSW 223°2,247.62 m1.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2418:0018:32
June solstice05:1618:5319:28
September equinox06:0917:4618:18
December solstice07:1616:4517:22

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444753596675757369615144
Precip in1.31.10.90.20.30.53.84.22.01.00.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bisbee 1wnw, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10809390647

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