Picacho Peak State Park
Picacho Peak State Park is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 565 m. Jeffords Peak stands 1,431 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Picacho Peak State Park Visitor Center, a attraction 0.1 miles away. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
How to reach it
138 named places within 25 miles
- Picacho Peak: 0.9 mi
- Newman Peak: 4.9 mi
- Cerro Prieto: 8.7 mi
- Pan Quemado: 9.0 mi
- Samaniego Hills: 9.6 mi
- Mormon Trail Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
- Red Rock Village Park: 6.8 mi
- Jones Park: 11.0 mi
- Southwest Gas Site Mini Park: 11.3 mi
- Veterans Heritage Park: 11.4 mi
- Battle of Picacho Pass Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Mormon Trail Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
- Gobea: 7.1 mi
- Sasco Hotel: 7.9 mi
- Sasco: 8.1 mi
- Cowboy and Cowgirl Dancing Wood Artwork: 11.2 mi
- Horse Wood Artwork: 11.2 mi
- Cowgirl Wood Artwork: 11.2 mi
- Pinal Martial Arts Mural: 11.3 mi
- Eloy Chamber Of Commerce Mural: 11.3 mi
- Simpson Farm: 13.1 mi
- Marana Cottonwoods: 13.9 mi
- Los Robles Wash: 15.5 mi
- Lower Santa Cruz Replenishment: 19.0 mi
- El Rio Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Picacho Peak State Park Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
- Rooster Cogburn’s Ostrich Ranch: 1.7 mi
- Bell AH1 Cobra Michelle: 16.1 mi
- Cochie Spring: 20.9 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 21.0 mi
- Bass Spring: 21.6 mi
- Eloy Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Veterans Center Garden: 11.4 mi
- Sasco: 8.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picacho Peak State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffords Peak | ESE 111° | 1,431 m | 22.6 mi |
| Newman Peak | N 2° | 1,368 m | 4.9 mi |
| Tortilla | ESE 102° | 1,302 m | 21.3 mi |
| Silver Bell Peak | SSW 198° | 1,301 m | 17.3 mi |
| Coyote Peak | ENE 57° | 1,208 m | 22.8 mi |
| Ragged Top | SSW 200° | 1,191 m | 14.6 mi |
| Confidence Peak | SSW 202° | 1,139 m | 17.5 mi |
| Waterman Peak | SSW 191° | 1,139 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 57 | 63 | 70 | 79 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 75 | 63 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Picacho 8 SE, under a mile away.
- saguaro344 obs
- Creosote Bush237 obs
- California poppy201 obs
- Coulter's lupine142 obs
- California Barrel Cactus110 obs
- Brittlebush105 obs
- Notch-leaf Scorpionweed98 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus98 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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