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Lost Dutchman Gold Route

Lost Dutchman Gold Route from directly overhead

Lost Dutchman Gold Route is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 525 m. Superstition Peak stands 1,541 m to the east, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Dutchman Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Apache Trail Historic Road runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Built
1961-10
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.41537, -111.54917

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Bella Vida Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Dragontail Tower: 9.6 mi
  • The Need To Know: 11.4 mi
  • Lion Statue: 11.9 mi
  • Mariposa Falls: 12.5 mi
Parks
  • Flatiron Community Park: 0.1 mi
  • Earth Heart Park & Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • City Complex Park: 0.7 mi
  • Superstition Shadows Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Signal Butte: 3.0 mi
  • Saddle Rock: 3.8 mi
  • South Cat Peak: 4.0 mi
  • North Cat Peak: 4.3 mi
  • Silly Mountain: 4.6 mi
Attractions
  • Superstition Mountain Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Goldfield Ghost Town: 4.4 mi
  • Vertuccio Farms: 9.4 mi
  • Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace: 9.5 mi
  • Pirate's Assault Catapault: 9.6 mi
Springs
  • Cottonwood Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Hackberry Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Willow Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Second Water Spring: 9.7 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 11.1 mi
Gardens
Historic sites: 53
  • Lost Dutchman Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Fireplace Chimney: 5.3 mi
  • Mine: 5.4 mi
  • Balbir Singh Sodhi: 6.4 mi
  • Memorial Crypts: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Pebble Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Water Users Picnic: 9.7 mi
  • Sheeps Crossing: 9.9 mi
  • Granite Reef: 10.3 mi
  • Goldfield: 10.5 mi
Museums: 23
Cliffs: 14
Nature reserves: 9
  • Usery Mountain Regional Park: 5.1 mi
  • Humming Bird/Butterfly Habitat: 17.4 mi
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 17.5 mi
  • Chaparral Habitat: 17.6 mi
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandy Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Back Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Fish Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Illinois: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Massacre Falls: 6.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Lost Dutchman Gold Route. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Superstition PeakE 92°1,541 m8.6 mi
Ironview PeakENE 74°1,531 m6.0 mi
Tortilla MountainENE 71°1,489 m13.9 mi
The FlatironENE 74°1,419 m5.7 mi
Superstition MountainsE 83°1,398 m7.6 mi
Weaver's NeedleE 83°1,388 m10.4 mi
Music MountainENE 79°1,309 m13.9 mi
Malapais MountainENE 64°1,289 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0518:38
June solstice05:1819:0319:40
September equinox06:1517:5218:24
December solstice07:2716:4517:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555762697786919085746354
Precip in1.51.61.30.50.30.11.41.51.10.71.01.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apache Junction 5 NE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7797365278

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