Gila Veterans Memorial
Gila Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,118 m. Pinal Peak stands 2,389 m to the south-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Gila-Pinal Scenic Road passes 5.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
- 15.7 mi off the From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
- 28.4 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Roosevelt Diversion Dam · 18 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 24 mi
- Weaver's Needle Lookout · 24 mi
- Observation Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Copper Hill: 1.9 mi
- Buffalo Hill: 1.9 mi
- Buckeye Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Black Peak: 2.9 mi
- Ramboz Peak: 4.6 mi
- Irene Spring: 3.2 mi
- Rescue Spring: 4.1 mi
- Ramboz Spring: 4.5 mi
- Liquor Spring: 4.7 mi
- Henrietta Spring: 5.5 mi
- Queen Creek Riparian: 23.4 mi
- The Narrows: 23.4 mi
- Upland Sonoran Desert Natural Area: 23.4 mi
- South American Deserts Exhibit: 23.4 mi
- Northern Africa and Arabian Peninsula: 23.5 mi
- The Summit: 13.8 mi
- Pone Town: 15.6 mi
- Bonetown: 15.6 mi
- Welcome Wall: 15.6 mi
- The Pond: 18.2 mi
- Veteran's Park: 1.0 mi
- Globe Communtiy Center: 1.0 mi
- Nofsgar Hill Baseball Complex: 1.1 mi
- Ryan Park: 1.3 mi
- Cobre Vilage Park: 2.9 mi
- Old Dominion Mine Park: 1.5 mi
- "M" Hill: 6.1 mi
- Three Crosses: 6.1 mi
- Celia Blaylock aka Mattie Earp Grave Site: 22.2 mi
- Quincho: 23.5 mi
- Doak: 10.4 mi
- Pioneer Mine: 11.8 mi
- Tony Ranch: 16.4 mi
- Stone Corral: 18.3 mi
- Coolidge Dam: 19.1 mi
- Bellevue: 10.8 mi
- McMillenville: 13.0 mi
- Ray: 19.7 mi
- Pinal City: 22.7 mi
- Christmas: 23.0 mi
- Kellner Group Picnic Site: 5.4 mi
- Captain Pass: 9.2 mi
- McMinnville Camp: 12.2 mi
- Boyce Thompson Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Woman from the Fields: 23.7 mi
- The Ring of Life: 23.7 mi
- Do You Hear What I Hear?: 23.9 mi
- Peaceful Little Ones: 24.0 mi
- Gila County Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum: 6.2 mi
- Apache Cultural Museum: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Gila Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinal Peak | SSW 200° | 2,389 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pinal Mountains | SSW 200° | 2,389 m | 8.4 mi |
| Signal Peak | SSW 208° | 2,381 m | 8.0 mi |
| Apache Peaks | N 9° | 2,115 m | 10.1 mi |
| East Mountain | S 186° | 2,101 m | 7.8 mi |
| Madera Peak | SW 236° | 2,023 m | 6.9 mi |
| El Capitan Mountain | S 176° | 2,004 m | 13.6 mi |
| Pioneer Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,817 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:49 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:42 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 53 | 44 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Globe #3, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6904029181
Take the scenic way to Gila Veterans Memorial.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.