Stage Station and Homestead
Stage Station and Homestead is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 468 m. Newman Peak stands 1,368 m to the south-southeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lt. Jim Hart Memorial, a historic site 4.9 miles away. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Originally a stage stop converted to homestead in 1913 by Juan Verdugo and improved in 1917 by adding a room and raising the roof and building a school. Returned to state of arizona in 1920 and leased back to ranchers as bunkhouse until the late 1980's
What the record says
- Inscription
- In 1879 The Southern Pacific Mail and Stage Line company built a one-room adobe station and mesquite corral. It was a horse changing and water stop on the route from the railroad station at Picagcho for passengers going to Florence and beyond. In 1913..
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Jones Park: 8.2 mi
- City Park: 8.3 mi
- Central Park: 8.3 mi
- Southwest Gas Site Mini Park: 8.4 mi
- Pinal County Fairgrounds: 8.4 mi
- Treadway: 7.1 mi
- Newman Peak: 7.5 mi
- Toltec Buttes: 11.3 mi
- Picacho Peak: 13.2 mi
- Middle Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Lt. Jim Hart Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Free Mason Lodge Plaque: 8.3 mi
- Freedom Monument: 8.3 mi
- 10 Commandments Monument: 8.3 mi
- Medal Of Honor Monument: 8.5 mi
- Sally's gift Shop Flower Mural: 8.2 mi
- Eloy Chamber Of Commerce Mural: 8.3 mi
- Horse Wood Artwork: 8.4 mi
- St Helen's Catholic Church Statue: 8.4 mi
- Cowboy and Cowgirl Dancing Wood Artwork: 8.4 mi
- Eloy Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Veterans Center Garden: 8.4 mi
- Picacho Peak State Park: 12.3 mi
- Poston Butte Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Picacho Peak State Park Visitor Center: 12.4 mi
- Rooster Cogburn’s Ostrich Ranch: 13.5 mi
- Casa Grande Art Museum: 18.9 mi
- Sasco: 19.9 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stage Station and Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman Peak | SSE 164° | 1,368 m | 7.5 mi |
| Coyote Peak | E 90° | 1,208 m | 21.2 mi |
| Picacho Peak | S 171° | 1,011 m | 13.2 mi |
| Ninetysix Hills | ENE 78° | 1,001 m | 19.5 mi |
| Chief Butte | ESE 122° | 1,001 m | 24.9 mi |
| Suizo Mountains | ESE 120° | 947 m | 21.1 mi |
| Box O Hills | ENE 65° | 924 m | 19.8 mi |
| Owl Head Buttes | SE 131° | 919 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 55 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 86 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 73 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eloy 4 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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