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White Mountain Nature Center

White Mountain Nature Center from directly overhead

White Mountain Nature Center is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,051 m. Boundary Butte stands 2,815 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. White Mountain Scenic Road passes 5.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pinetop Lakeside

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.13570, -109.97142
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Big Spring: 0.2 mi
  • Adair Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Peterson Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Peterson Spring: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • Springer Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Pinetop Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Blue Ridge Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Flume Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Amos Mountain: 4.3 mi
Parks: 9
  • Jack Barker Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Show Low City Park: 8.9 mi
  • Frontier Park: 9.1 mi
  • Williams Creek National Fish Hatchery: 10.8 mi
  • Shush Bezahze Campgrounds: 15.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Corydon E. Cooley & Marion Clark: 8.8 mi
  • ADOT: 8.9 mi
Museums: 1
  • Show Low Historical Museum: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Naegle Ranch: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of White Mountain Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boundary ButteE 92°2,815 m17.0 mi
McKays PeakSE 138°2,791 m14.8 mi
Cerro Gordon MountainE 93°2,781 m14.0 mi
Wishbone MountainE 85°2,690 m13.7 mi
Gooseberry ButteESE 101°2,609 m15.7 mi
Lake MountainE 82°2,588 m11.7 mi
Brushy MountainE 100°2,578 m13.9 mi
Penrod MountainESE 106°2,571 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2417:5918:32
June solstice05:0918:5819:35
September equinox06:0917:4518:18
December solstice07:2316:3717:15

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541475564676661514132
Precip in2.32.22.00.90.80.63.44.02.01.71.72.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinetop 2E, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/385444393

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