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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.

What the record says

Inscription
Aerojet LR-87

How to reach it

Coordinates31.90339, -110.99875

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: 55
  • 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: 38
  • 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: 34
Gardens: 28
  • Desert Survivors: 21.0 mi
  • Mission Garden: 21.4 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 22.3 mi
  • Krutch Garden: 22.9 mi
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 17
  • 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
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1

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 WrightsonSSE2,882 m16.8 mi
Mount HopkinsSSE2,576 m16.3 mi
Josephine PeakSSE2,563 m17.9 mi
McCleary PeakSE2,546 m15.0 mi
Florida PeakSE2,480 m15.7 mi
Pete MountainSSE2,307 m14.8 mi
Jack MountainSSE2,270 m16.5 mi
Castle DomeSE2,022 m14.9 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12196317871

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