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Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center

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Elevation
1,670 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Little Mesa Redonda1,966 m · 23.8 mi
Nearest byway
Historic Route 6617.2 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
19:37local time
Coordinates
34.8152, -109.8658

Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center is a museum in Arizona, at a recorded 1,670 m. Little Mesa Redonda stands 1,966 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephen T. Mather Memorial Plaque, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

museum in Arizona

Dates from 1931.

Wikidata Q64032079, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Elevation
1670 m
Fee
No

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Mesa RedondaS 177°1,966 m23.8 mi
Pilot RockN 359°1,900 m23.5 mi
South MountainSE 127°1,845 m21.8 mi
Stinking Springs MountainSE 127°1,844 m21.8 mi
Black KnollNE 56°1,818 m11.9 mi
Fourmile KnollSW 219°1,815 m22.9 mi
North MountainESE 121°1,813 m19.6 mi
SugarloafSW 233°1,800 m22.4 mi

53 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
Historic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2417:5818:31
June solstice05:0718:5919:37
September equinox06:0817:4418:18
December solstice07:2416:3417:13

Local time (America/Phoenix).

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