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Jewel of the Creek Preserve

Jewel of the Creek Preserve from directly overhead

Jewel of the Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 706 m. Willow Spring Mountain stands 1,792 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Spur Cross Stables, a attraction 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Desert Foothills Land Trust
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.88064, -111.95873
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
  • Cave Creek Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Gateway Desert Awareness Park: 3.7 mi
  • Carefree Desert Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Black Mountain Summit Park: 4.6 mi
Springs
  • Ringneck Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Page Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Little Wonder Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Limestone Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Burro Springs: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • Elephant Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Gunsight: 3.0 mi
  • Go John Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Black Mesa: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Seven Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Needle Rock Picnic: 18.4 mi
  • Ringtail Day Use Area: 18.6 mi
  • Palo Verde Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • S B Cove: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Spur Cross Stables: 0.5 mi
  • Archeology Notification: 5.7 mi
  • Bunny Rock: 9.7 mi
  • Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 9.7 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 11.0 mi
Artworks: 17
Nature reserves: 15
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 11
Gardens: 7
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Jewel of the Creek Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Willow Spring MountainN 354°1,792 m13.8 mi
Benchmark MountainN 352°1,777 m12.2 mi
Blackjack PointNNE 22°1,634 m12.5 mi
Rover PeakNE 36°1,590 m12.0 mi
Humboldt MountainNE 53°1,566 m11.6 mi
Kentuck MountainENE 77°1,527 m10.3 mi
Monument MountainNNE 21°1,519 m9.9 mi
Willow Spring MountainENE 59°1,507 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:40
June solstice05:1819:0619:43
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:3016:4517:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677685908984736253
Precip in1.81.61.60.50.20.11.31.31.21.00.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carefree, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro1,029 obs
  • Brittlebush228 obs
  • Empress Leilia193 obs
  • Buckhorn Cholla176 obs
  • jojoba168 obs
  • Frémont Cottonwood163 obs
  • ocotillo152 obs
  • Graham's nipple cactus151 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1248157029

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