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Hotshots Fatality Site

Hotshots Fatality Site from directly overhead

Hotshots Fatality Site is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,538 m. Maverick Mountain stands 2,267 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fatality Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Joshua Forest Scenic Road passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
Granite Mountain Hotshots incident site.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.22045, -112.77750

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Ziger Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Juniper Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Antelope Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Yarnell Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Genung Spring: 5.2 mi
Peaks
  • Genung Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Antelope Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Rich Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Lion Peak: 5.3 mi
  • Tenderfoot Hill: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Sean Misner: 0.3 mi
  • Grant McKee: 0.3 mi
  • John Percin Jr.: 0.4 mi
  • Kevin Woyjeck: 0.5 mi
  • William Warneke: 0.5 mi
Parks: 13
  • Yarnell Hill Fire Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Flora May Park: 1.8 mi
  • Tenderfoot Hill Park: 5.5 mi
  • Lounce Lookout: 9.8 mi
  • Constellation Park: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 3
  • Fatality Site: 0.0 mi
  • Yarnell Fire 19 Spot: 2.2 mi
  • Wickenburg Jail Tree: 17.6 mi
Artworks: 3
Museums: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Box Canyon of the Hassayampa River: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Hotshots Fatality Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maverick MountainNE 50°2,267 m22.5 mi
Horse MountainE 87°2,127 m20.9 mi
Weaver PeakNNW 346°1,977 m7.6 mi
Martin MountainN 1°1,960 m20.9 mi
Rocky Boy PeakNNW 348°1,879 m6.7 mi
Silver MountainESE 106°1,866 m22.1 mi
Antelope PeakE 98°1,760 m2.7 mi
Ritter PeakNNW 334°1,716 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1018:43
June solstice05:2019:1019:47
September equinox06:2017:5618:29
December solstice07:3416:4717:26

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505258647281888780685749
Precip in1.21.61.00.30.20.11.12.01.00.50.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wickenburg, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/639867369

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