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Lost Dutchman Monument

Lost Dutchman Monument from directly overhead

Lost Dutchman Monument 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 Gold Route, 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
1938
Inscription
Erected by the Dons Club of Phoenix to commemorate the Legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine 1938
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.41530, -111.54913

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
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
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
Gardens: 57
Artworks: 52
  • 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
Historic sites: 51
Picnic sites: 25
  • 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: 8
  • 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
  • Tortoise Habitat: 17.9 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 Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Superstition PeakE1,541 m8.6 mi
Ironview PeakENE1,531 m6.0 mi
Tortilla MountainENE1,489 m13.9 mi
The FlatironENE1,419 m5.7 mi
Superstition MountainsE1,398 m7.6 mi
Weaver's NeedleE1,388 m10.4 mi
Music MountainENE1,309 m13.9 mi
Malapais MountainENE1,289 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/7797365279

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