Gatlin Site
Gatlin Site is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Maricopa Peak stands 1,239 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gatlin Archeological Site, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The Gatlin Site is an archaeological site in Arizona that preserves one of the few documented Hohokam platform mounds. Associated with the mound are pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals. Between AD 800 and 1200 it was an important Hoho
The story
The Gatlin Site is an archaeological site in Gila Bend, Arizona. The site preserves one of the few documented Hohokam platform mounds. Associated with the mound are pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals. Between AD 800 and 1200 it was an important Hohokam settlement at the great bend of the Gila River. The Hohokam people were early farmers in southern Arizona, where the permanent Salt and Gila Rivers flowing through the hot Sonoran Desert made the irrigation strategy possible. The site is the largest in the area and was home to over 500 people. Its importance is indicated by the presence of two ceremonial ball courts and one of the earliest platform mounds known. The mound is notable as being one of only few excavated and documented Sedentary Period platform mounds still relatively intact. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The site was discovered during surveys in advance of construction of the Painted Rock Dam by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and underwent its first excavations in 1959–60. It is located on a plateau above the Gila River, on land belonging at the time to rancher Colin Gatlin. This area had long been an area of archaeological interest to Norton Allen, who identified the mound containing one of the platform mounds to be of particular interest in 1937, without realizing what it actually contained. The Gatlin Site now belongs to the town of Gila Bend, which is developing it as a regional cultural park.
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Wikidata Q4153232, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
45 named places within 25 miles
- Blindman Butte: 13.2 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 13.4 mi
- Margies Peak: 13.5 mi
- Spring Mountain: 14.8 mi
- White Hills: 15.2 mi
- La Fortaleza: 3.7 mi
- McCray Well: 9.0 mi
- Hazen Well: 11.9 mi
- Desert Station: 12.2 mi
- Butterfield Trail Campsite: 12.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Rotary Centennial Park: 2.7 mi
- Arlington State Wildlife Area: 18.9 mi
- Buckeye Hills Regional Park: 21.4 mi
- Robbins Butte State Game Management Unit: 23.2 mi
- Petroglyphs: 2.0 mi
- Gillespie Dam Highway Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Gatlin Archeological Site: 0.0 mi
- Gila Bend Museum: 3.0 mi
- Woolsey Spring: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gatlin Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa Peak | SE 130° | 1,239 m | 24.5 mi |
| Javelina Mountain | SE 133° | 1,171 m | 22.7 mi |
| Woolsey Peak | NW 320° | 961 m | 16.7 mi |
| Hat Mountain | S 186° | 871 m | 24.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | SSW 195° | 812 m | 17.0 mi |
| Jack in the Pulpit | SSE 151° | 768 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 48° | 760 m | 13.4 mi |
| Margies Peak | NNE 24° | 760 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:56 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:51 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 60 | 66 | 72 | 80 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 89 | 77 | 64 | 55 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gila Bend 2SE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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