Pipe Spring Visitor Center and Museum
Pipe Spring Visitor Center and Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,509 m. Dianas Throne stands 2,138 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pipe Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 13 miles off. 148 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States National Park Service
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
- 17.1 mi off the Mt Carmel Scenic Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Zion Park Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Poverty Gulch Rim Overlook · 25 mi
- Sheep, Mountain Zion · 26 mi
- Checkerboard Mesa · 27 mi
- Pullout · 27 mi
148 named places within 25 miles
- Pipe Spring: 0.1 mi
- Twomile Seep: 4.3 mi
- Sand Spring: 4.6 mi
- Aulson Spring: 6.3 mi
- Pine Spring: 8.2 mi
- Indian Knoll: 4.3 mi
- Blue Knolls: 7.3 mi
- Loco Point: 7.3 mi
- Moccasin Mountains: 7.6 mi
- Lone Butte: 8.5 mi
- Vermilion Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Ed Lamb Point: 9.4 mi
- Clear Water Point: 9.6 mi
- Parashont Point: 10.0 mi
- Burnt Canyon Point: 10.1 mi
- Moccasin Mountain Dinosaur Tracks: 10.5 mi
- Star Dune (Main Dune): 11.7 mi
- Look Out Hill: 12.8 mi
- Competition Hill (Comp): 13.4 mi
- South Fork Indian Canyon Pictographs: 14.9 mi
- Fredonia City Park: 13.4 mi
- Yellowjacket Picnic Site: 15.0 mi
- Coral Pink Sand Dunes BLM Open OHV Area: 15.0 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 15.9 mi
- Levi Steward Memorial Park: 17.1 mi
- Red Pueblo Museum: 13.6 mi
- Little Hollywood Movie Museum: 17.0 mi
- Kanab Heritage Museum: 17.3 mi
- Kanab Museum: 17.3 mi
- Moqui Cave: 20.3 mi
- Moquith Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 13.4 mi
- Kanab Creek Wilderness: 21.5 mi
- The Windlass: 20.5 mi
- Powell Plaque: 23.1 mi
- Meditation Hut Arch: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pipe Spring Visitor Center and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dianas Throne | NNE 15° | 2,138 m | 23.6 mi |
| Elephant Butte | NNW 340° | 2,066 m | 15.3 mi |
| Harris Point | NNW 348° | 2,026 m | 17.9 mi |
| Lower Mountain | NW 317° | 2,026 m | 22.2 mi |
| De Mille Peak | NW 325° | 1,993 m | 22.2 mi |
| Harris Mountain | N 352° | 1,983 m | 17.4 mi |
| Canaan Mountain | NW 315° | 1,980 m | 21.4 mi |
| Sandstone Butte | NNW 339° | 1,968 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:38 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pipe Spring NM, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/282487541
Day trips start here
- Mount Carmel Junction · 25 mi
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