Poston Butte Preserve
Poston Butte Preserve is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 457 m. Newman Peak stands 1,368 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Poston Butte, a peak 0.2 miles away. Gila-Pinal Scenic Road passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Florence
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
- 26.2 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Lookout · 21 mi
- Weaver's Needle Lookout · 21 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poston Butte: 0.2 mi
- Walker Butte: 6.3 mi
- Black Hill: 6.6 mi
- Cholla Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Picture Rocks: 7.4 mi
- Highway Park: 2.4 mi
- East Park: 8.2 mi
- North Park: 8.2 mi
- Kenilworth Sports Complex: 8.3 mi
- Walker Park: 8.4 mi
- Queen Creek Botanical Gardens: 17.8 mi
- Yucca Forest: 20.9 mi
- Wallace Desert Garden: 20.9 mi
- Wallace Forest: 20.9 mi
- Agave Hill: 20.9 mi
- Poston's Butte: 1.5 mi
- Bear Down: 1.5 mi
- Complex B: 8.6 mi
- Ballcourt: 8.6 mi
- Complex A: 8.7 mi
- Dragontail Tower: 18.2 mi
- Mariposa Falls: 18.9 mi
- Casa Grande Capsule: 19.0 mi
- Peaceful Little Ones: 20.9 mi
- Do You Hear What I Hear?: 20.9 mi
- Cottonwood Canyon Petroglyph Site: 14.1 mi
- Mineral Mountain Rock Waterfall: 14.3 mi
- Schnepf Farms: 15.9 mi
- Pirate's Assault Catapault: 18.2 mi
- Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace: 18.4 mi
- San Tan Mountain Regional Park: 14.9 mi
- Burrowing Owls Habitat: 24.2 mi
- Chaparral Habitat: 24.4 mi
- Humming Bird/Butterfly Habitat: 24.4 mi
- Tortoise Habitat: 24.5 mi
- Cochran: 15.3 mi
- Reymert: 16.6 mi
- Pinal City: 21.8 mi
- Dungeon Tour: 18.2 mi
- San Tan Historical Society: 19.5 mi
- Casa Grande Art Museum: 23.7 mi
- Black Point: 19.0 mi
- Dacite Cliffs: 23.8 mi
- Apache Leap: 24.7 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Trough Spring: 18.7 mi
- Boyce Thompson Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Poston Butte Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman Peak | S 179° | 1,368 m | 23.3 mi |
| Teapot Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,367 m | 24.0 mi |
| Picketpost Mountain | NE 46° | 1,336 m | 20.0 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,332 m | 24.2 mi |
| Peak 4110 | ENE 57° | 1,252.728 m | 16.7 mi |
| Granite Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,232 m | 23.1 mi |
| Peak 3957 | ENE 57° | 1,206.094 m | 16.7 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | NNE 19° | 1,111 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:02 | 19:38 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
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 | 55 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 92 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Florence, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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