Stone Turret
Stone Turret is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,480 m. Chevelon Butte stands 2,116 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is La Posada Gardens - Dwarf Orchard, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
Stone building with a turret. This was used by the Santa Fe Railway as a workshop and guard tower for the trains passing through.
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
60 named places within 25 miles
- Tucker Mesa: 7.8 mi
- Apache Butte: 15.6 mi
- East Sunset Mountain: 17.0 mi
- West Sunset Mountain: 17.1 mi
- Sunset Knoll: 17.1 mi
- La Posada Gardens - Dwarf Orchard: 0.0 mi
- La Posada Gardens: 0.0 mi
- La Posada Gardens - South Lawn: 0.1 mi
- La Posada Gardens - Flagpole Lawn: 0.1 mi
- Kitchen Garden (North): 0.1 mi
- Standin' on the Corner Park: 0.2 mi
- Sacred Heart Park: 0.3 mi
- Winslow City Park: 0.5 mi
- Coopertown Park: 1.1 mi
- Homolovi State Park: 2.2 mi
- Bird Springs: 20.4 mi
- Joseph City Spring: 21.9 mi
- Westover Spring: 22.1 mi
- Salt Water Seep: 23.4 mi
- Blairs Spring: 24.3 mi
- St. Francis Statue: 0.0 mi
- Glenn Frey: 0.2 mi
- Winslow Arizona: 0.2 mi
- Jackrabbit: 15.5 mi
- Astronaut Statue: 18.5 mi
- Chevelon Canyon: 11.3 mi
- Relic Point: 14.0 mi
- Bell Cow Canyon: 14.1 mi
- Chimney Canyon: 15.6 mi
- Barringer crater rim: 18.5 mi
- Affeldt Mion Museum: 0.1 mi
- Old Trails Museum: 0.2 mi
- Homolovi State Park Visitor Center: 3.0 mi
- Meteor Crater Museum: 18.4 mi
- Little Painted Desert Country Park: 16.8 mi
- Rock Art Ranch: 16.9 mi
- Ellas Frontier Trading Post (ruins): 19.3 mi
- Two Guns: 23.3 mi
- Brigham City: 1.6 mi
- Sunset: 2.9 mi
- Obed: 22.3 mi
- The Corner: 0.2 mi
- The Old Fort Historical Monument: 21.7 mi
- Meteor Crater Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stone Turret. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevelon Butte | SSW 201° | 2,116 m | 24.3 mi |
| East Sunset Mountain | SW 223° | 2,077 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mesita Knoll | SW 218° | 2,015 m | 18.8 mi |
| West Sunset Mountain | SW 234° | 2,012 m | 17.1 mi |
| Flat Top Butte | ENE 62° | 1,976 m | 24.3 mi |
| Sunset Knoll | WSW 242° | 1,966 m | 17.1 mi |
| Table Mountain | SW 220° | 1,855 m | 19.4 mi |
| Black Rock | ENE 71° | 1,767 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:48 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winslow AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13285865758
Day trips start here
- Winslow · 1 mi
- Homolovi Ruins State Park · 4 mi
- Joseph City · 21 mi
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