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Pinnacle Peak Park

Pinnacle Peak Park from directly overhead

Pinnacle Peak Park is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 790 m. Kentuck Mountain stands 1,527 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 27 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
790 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.73164, -111.86620
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Trail Maintenance Tool Box: 0.4 mi
  • Bunny Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 3.6 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 4.4 mi
  • Water Tank: 4.5 mi
Parks
  • George "Doc" Cavalliere Park: 1.4 mi
  • Florence Ely Nelson Desert Park: 2.5 mi
  • Sonoran Hills Park: 3.6 mi
  • Arroyo Park: 4.0 mi
  • Homestead Park: 4.0 mi
Springs
  • Mountain Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Blue Mountain Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Gold Hill Spring: 11.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 53
Museums: 38
Picnic sites: 28
Nature reserves: 17
  • Black Mountain Summit Preserve: 7.3 mi
  • Carefree Galloway Wash Preserve: 7.4 mi
  • Reach 11 Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
  • Coroline Bartol Preserve: 8.3 mi
  • Desert Enclave Preserve: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Pinnacle Peak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kentuck MountainNNE 20°1,527 m13.5 mi
Quien Sabe PeakN 356°1,486 m14.2 mi
Maverick ButteNNE 16°1,475 m15.3 mi
Butte PeakN 2°1,470 m11.4 mi
Bronco ButteN 358°1,461 m11.7 mi
Black MesaNNW 334°1,430 m14.9 mi
New River MesaNNW 336°1,426 m15.4 mi
Skull MesaN 351°1,405 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:39
June solstice05:1819:0519:42
September equinox06:1617:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4517:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535560667484888782726153
Precip in1.41.71.50.50.30.11.01.20.81.00.81.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacle Peak, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro281 obs
  • Common Chuckwalla88 obs
  • ocotillo80 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus61 obs
  • chuparosa60 obs
  • Teddybear Cholla58 obs
  • Brittlebush57 obs
  • Cactus Wren55 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/95188098

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