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Fort Whipple Museum

Fort Whipple Museum, a museum in Arizona
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Fort Whipple Museum, a museum in Arizona
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Fort Whipple Museum, a museum in Arizona
Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fort Whipple Museum, a museum in Arizona
Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fort Whipple Museum, a museum in Arizona
Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fort Whipple Museum, a museum in Arizona
Unknown author Unknown author or not provided · Public domain

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Fort Whipple Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,620 m. Mount Union stands 2,427 m to the south-southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Whipple Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Mingus Mountain Scenic Road passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

Fort Whipple is a former United States (U.S.) Army post that was temporarily established at Del Rio Springs, north of present-day Chino Valley, Arizona, and later relocated to a permanent site near present-day Prescott, Arizona.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1863.

Wikidata Q5472317, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.55275, -112.45529
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Whipple Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Indian Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Kuhne Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Watson: 3.0 mi
Springs
  • Section Twelve Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Deer Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Government Canyon Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Bellows Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 3.8 mi
Parks: 44
  • Whipple Park: 0.3 mi
  • Roughrider Park: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ken Lindley Park: 0.7 mi
  • AC Williams Granite Creek Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 8
  • Whiskey Row: 1.2 mi
  • Granite Dells: 3.5 mi
  • Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 4.4 mi
  • Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 7.0 mi
  • Montimer Farms: 12.5 mi
Museums: 7
Artworks: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Healing Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Co-creation Garden: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Watson Wood Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Fort Whipple Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UnionSSE 163°2,427 m9.9 mi
Mount DavisSSE 160°2,407 m9.4 mi
Mount TritleS 176°2,368 m9.4 mi
Moscow PeakSSE 162°2,343 m10.9 mi
Spruce MountainSSE 155°2,336 m6.9 mi
Granite BenchmarkNW 317°2,325 m8.1 mi
Hickey MountainNE 56°2,310 m18.3 mi
Lookout MountainS 177°2,291 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3418:0918:42
June solstice05:1819:0919:47
September equinox06:1917:5518:28
December solstice07:3416:4517:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384146536170757467574638
Precip in1.51.81.50.60.50.22.72.81.61.00.91.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prescott, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5160125960

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