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Cave Creek Museum

Cave Creek Museum from directly overhead

Cave Creek Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 654 m. Rover Peak stands 1,590 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Coroline Bartol Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away.

About

The story

The Cave Creek Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity at the base of the Black Mountains in the town of Cave Creek in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The museum preserves artifacts of the prehistory and objects related to the culture of the Cave Creek/Carefree foothills area. The museum consists of various exhibits, indoor and outdoor. Among the outdoor exhibits are the first church of Cave Creek and the last tubercular cabin in the state of Arizona.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1968.

Wikidata Q65041493, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes
Seasonal
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.82895, -111.94835
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Black Mountain Summit Park: 1.0 mi
  • Gateway Desert Awareness Park: 1.1 mi
  • Carefree Desert Gardens: 1.5 mi
  • Cave Creek Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Lone Mountain: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Springs
  • Grapevine Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Apache Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Jims Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Little Wonder Spring: 4.8 mi
Artworks: 35
Attractions: 23
  • Spur Cross Stables: 3.9 mi
  • Bunny Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 7.1 mi
  • Trail Maintenance Tool Box: 8.4 mi
  • Archeology Notification: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Seven Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Palo Verde Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • Ironwood Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Needle Rock Picnic: 16.6 mi
  • S B Cove: 18.1 mi
Historic sites: 20
Museums: 17
  • Mercantile: 11.5 mi
  • Pioneer Arizona History Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Penske Racing Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Sahuaro Central Museum: 14.9 mi
  • Sunnyslope Historical Society: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 13
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Cave Creek Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rover PeakNNE 26°1,590 m14.8 mi
Humboldt MountainNE 39°1,566 m13.6 mi
Kentuck MountainENE 58°1,527 m11.1 mi
Monument MountainNNE 13°1,519 m13.2 mi
Willow Spring MountainNE 45°1,507 m13.4 mi
Quien Sabe PeakNNE 27°1,486 m8.3 mi
Maverick ButteNE 48°1,475 m12.0 mi
Butte PeakNE 47°1,470 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:40
June solstice05:1819:0619:43
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:3016:4517:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677685908984736253
Precip in1.81.61.60.50.20.11.31.31.21.00.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carefree, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1196770918

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