False Continental Divide Monument
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. 146 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
146 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Artemizia Foundation: 0.9 mi
- Bisbee Restoration Museum: 1.9 mi
- Muheim Heritage House: 2.0 mi
- Bisbee Historical and Mining Museum: 2.0 mi
- Pioneer Home Museum: 18.8 mi
- 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
- Brunckow's Cabin: 17.7 mi
- Old Tombstone Western Theme Park: 18.9 mi
- Gunfighter Hall of Fame: 19.0 mi
- Wyatt Earp Village: 19.3 mi
- Old Tombstone Bunkhouse: 19.3 mi
- Charleston: 18.3 mi
- Millville: 18.4 mi
- Gleeson: 20.2 mi
- Courtland: 22.9 mi
- Fairbank: 23.3 mi
- Iron Man: 1.7 mi
- Art Wall: 2.0 mi
- Wyatt Earp: 19.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 1.8 mi
- Bucky O'Neil Hill: 2.2 mi
- Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area: 15.1 mi
- Ramsey Canyon Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Sacred Heart Church Rose Trees: 19.0 mi
- Aduana: 24.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Peak | WSW 258° | 2,886 m | 21.1 mi |
| Carr Peak | W 262° | 2,816 m | 21.5 mi |
| Ramsey Peak | W 266° | 2,659 m | 23.2 mi |
| Pat Scott Peak | W 265° | 2,596 m | 23.9 mi |
| Granite Peak | W 262° | 2,547 m | 23.0 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | WSW 250° | 2,304 m | 20.1 mi |
| Fissure Peak | WSW 238° | 2,250 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Ballard | SW 223° | 2,248 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:24 | 18:00 | 18:32 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| September equinox | 06:09 | 17:46 | 18:18 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 69 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bisbee 1wnw, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10809390647
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