Kingman Firefighter Memorial
Kingman Firefighter Memorial is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,049 m. Hualapai Peak stands 2,566 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Firefighters Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.8 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
July 5, 1973 Tank car #38214 was setting in the hot sun on a spur in Kingman, Arizona. At approximately 1:30 p.m. the tank car caught fire while being unloaded and a huge explosion occurred which injured more than 100 persons and has left 12 persons dead.
The story
city in and seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States
Dates from 1952.
Wikidata Q79733, matched on coordinates and name (835 m apart).
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 2.1 mi off the Old Route 66 - Oatman Road
Overlooks nearby
- Tri-State Viewpoint · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Atlantic Spring: 2.7 mi
- Johnston Spring: 2.7 mi
- Beale Spring: 3.1 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 3.6 mi
- Oak Spring: 4.5 mi
- Bull: 3.7 mi
- Bull Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Mayswell Peak: 5.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 5.8 mi
- Cerbat Peak: 6.7 mi
- Firefighters Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Mohave County Fairgrounds: 0.3 mi
- Lewis Kingman Park: 1.0 mi
- Cecil Davis Park: 1.4 mi
- Walleck Ranch Park: 1.4 mi
- Az. Feldspar Processing Plant: 1.2 mi
- Hotel Brunswick: 2.2 mi
- Sante Fe Locomotive Number 3759: 2.3 mi
- Kingman Veteran's Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Kingman Veteran's Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Bonelli House: 2.0 mi
- George R. Kayser House: 2.0 mi
- Historic Cohenour House: 2.2 mi
- Stone House: 2.3 mi
- Sante Fe Locomotive Number 3759: 2.3 mi
- Electric Vehicle Museum: 2.0 mi
- Kingman Railroad Museum: 2.2 mi
- Arizona Route 66 Museum: 2.4 mi
- Mohave Museum of History and Arts: 2.4 mi
- Cool Springs Stations Museum: 20.4 mi
- Cerbat: 8.7 mi
- Santa Claus: 13.5 mi
- Hackberry: 20.2 mi
- Oatman: 23.8 mi
- Dig-It Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Deer Canyon Picinic Area: 11.0 mi
- Hualapai Mountain Park: 11.7 mi
- Cottonwood Cliffs: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kingman Firefighter Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hualapai Peak | SE 142° | 2,566 m | 12.2 mi |
| Hayden Peak | SE 142° | 2,542 m | 11.6 mi |
| Aspen Peak | SE 139° | 2,489 m | 11.4 mi |
| Dean Peak | SE 126° | 2,420 m | 11.3 mi |
| Wabayuma Peak | SSE 164° | 2,291 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Tipton | NNW 338° | 2,177 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cherum Peak | NNW 334° | 2,127 m | 14.1 mi |
| Hibernia Peak | SSE 154° | 2,042 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:17 | 19:55 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 18:01 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 69 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingman AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4634866444
Day trips start here
- Oatman · 24 mi
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