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Titan-II 1st Stage Engine

Titan-II 1st Stage Engine from directly overhead

Titan-II 1st Stage Engine is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 903 m. Mount Wrightson stands 2,882 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Titan-II 2nd Stage Engine, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Aerojet LR-87
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates31.90339, -110.99875
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parque Los Arroyos: 1.5 mi
  • Quail Creek-Veterans Municipal Park: 2.0 mi
  • Anamax Park: 2.0 mi
  • Madera Highlands: 2.3 mi
  • Madera Highlands Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Twin Buttes: 2.8 mi
  • Helmet Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 6.8 mi
  • Whitcomb Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Hel: 7.5 mi
Springs: 59
  • Sid Simpson Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Grays Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Bills Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Shamrod Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Faber Spring: 12.7 mi
Artworks: 40
  • La Primera Vista: 21.0 mi
  • Tumamoc and the River of Life: 21.0 mi
  • B-52 Bomber Tail: 21.4 mi
  • ZOO: 21.7 mi
  • Be Kind: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 37
  • Valencia Site: 16.3 mi
  • Tres Leones: 17.0 mi
  • Beehive Peak: 17.1 mi
  • Robert A Price Senior Park: 17.5 mi
  • Ryan Park: 18.3 mi
Attractions: 35
Gardens: 30
  • Desert Survivors: 21.0 mi
  • Mission Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 21.6 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Titan-II 2nd Stage Engine: 0.0 mi
  • Fuel Semitrailer: 0.0 mi
  • Titan-II ICBM: 0.0 mi
  • Oxidizer Semitrailer: 0.0 mi
  • Armed Forces Tribute: 4.4 mi
Museums: 20
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Titan-II 1st Stage Engine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WrightsonSSE 148°2,882.32 m16.8 mi
Mount HopkinsSSE 156°2,576 m16.3 mi
Josephine PeakSSE 149°2,563 m17.9 mi
McCleary PeakSE 144°2,546 m15.0 mi
Florida PeakSE 141°2,480 m15.7 mi
Pete MountainSSE 156°2,307 m14.8 mi
Jack MountainSSE 152°2,270 m16.5 mi
Castle DomeSE 126°2,022 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:36
June solstice05:1918:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2116:4817:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525460667584858480706051
Precip in0.80.90.60.30.20.42.92.71.70.80.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Green Valley, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12196317871

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