Hotshots Fatality Site
Hotshots Fatality Site is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,538 m. Lookout Mountain stands 2,291 m to the east-northeast, 23 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
- 12.0 mi off the Joshua Forest Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Sean Misner: 0.3 mi
- Grant McKee: 0.3 mi
- John Percin Jr.: 0.4 mi
- Kevin Woyjeck: 0.5 mi
- Dustin Deford: 0.5 mi
- 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
- Piedmont: 5.1 mi
- Weaver: 6.1 mi
- Catoctin: 20.0 mi
- Vulture City: 23.6 mi
- Bradshaw City: 24.1 mi
- Fatality Site: 0.0 mi
- Yarnell Fire 19 Spot: 2.2 mi
- Wickenburg Jail Tree: 17.6 mi
- Jesus: 1.5 mi
- Cowboy on a Horse: 17.5 mi
- Welcome to Wickenburg: 17.6 mi
- Cultural Crossroads Learning Center: 17.6 mi
- Desert Caballeros Western Museum: 17.6 mi
- Box Canyon of the Hassayampa River: 12.2 mi
- Hassayampa Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Hotshots Fatality Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 56° | 2,291 m | 22.8 mi |
| Maverick Mountain | NE 50° | 2,267 m | 22.5 mi |
| Dopper Peak | NE 36° | 2,153 m | 22.8 mi |
| Horse Mountain | E 87° | 2,127 m | 20.9 mi |
| Weaver Peak | NNW 346° | 1,977 m | 7.6 mi |
| Martin Mountain | N 1° | 1,960 m | 20.9 mi |
| Rocky Boy Peak | NNW 348° | 1,879 m | 6.7 mi |
| Silver Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,866 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:56 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 52 | 58 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 68 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wickenburg, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/639867369
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