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Echo Canyon Recreation Area

Echo Canyon Recreation Area from directly overhead

Echo Canyon Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 595 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Praying Monk, a peak 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 25 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates33.51713, -111.96813
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Crucifix: 0.9 mi
  • Barry Goldwater Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Tree of Life: 3.8 mi
  • Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 4.7 mi
Parks
  • West Lawn: 1.3 mi
  • East Lawn: 1.3 mi
  • Jokake Grounds: 1.3 mi
  • Kachina Park: 1.6 mi
  • G.R. Herberger Park: 2.0 mi
Attractions
  • Phoenix Bat Cave: 1.9 mi
  • Lovely Bride: 2.9 mi
  • Visitors Center: 4.1 mi
  • Majestic Mariposas: 4.1 mi
  • Akimel O'Odham Kitchen: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 60
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 33
  • Elliot Ramada: 3.8 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 7.2 mi
  • Quechan Area 7: 7.2 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 7.3 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
  • Mountain Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Jims Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Apache Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Agua Chiquita Spring: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Echo Canyon Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndNE 41°1,240 m14.8 mi
McDowell PeakNE 41°1,230 m13.1 mi
Thompson PeakNE 46°1,214 m12.6 mi
Tom's ThumbNE 38°1,196 m14.5 mi
Drinkwater PeakNE 40°1,192 m12.9 mi
Troon MountainNNE 28°1,060 m15.5 mi
Sunrise PeakENE 59°935 m12.5 mi
Cone MountainNNE 20°932 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F576066738291969489776556
Precip in0.90.90.80.20.10.00.90.90.60.60.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro256 obs
  • Common Chuckwalla184 obs
  • Gambel's Quail93 obs
  • Brittlebush92 obs
  • Creosote Bush76 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle69 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus69 obs
  • Monarch65 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/224598366

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