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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.

What the record says

Built
1938
Inscription
Erected by the Dons Club of Phoenix to commemorate the Legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine 1938

How to reach it

Coordinates33.41530, -111.54913

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
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

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 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 78°1,309 m13.9 mi
Malapais MountainENE 64°1,289 m11.5 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7797365279

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