Strawberry Crater Wilderness
Strawberry Crater Wilderness is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,784 m. Humphreys Peak stands 3,851 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Painted Desert Vista Picnic Area, a park 2.4 miles away. San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road passes 18 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Petroglyph Overlook · 15 mi
- City Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Strawberry Crater: 2.6 mi
- Black Bottom Crater: 2.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Haywire Crater: 3.8 mi
- Stewart Crater: 4.6 mi
- Coyote Spring: 5.8 mi
- Peshlaki Spring: 6.6 mi
- Heiser Spring: 7.0 mi
- Wupatki Spring: 7.4 mi
- Roden Spring: 7.9 mi
- Painted Desert Vista Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Peaks View County Park: 12.1 mi
- Smoke Rise Park: 15.2 mi
- Smokerise Park: 15.3 mi
- San Francisco Peaks Natural Area: 15.7 mi
- Crater Bowl: 9.7 mi
- East Portal: 9.7 mi
- South Space: 9.9 mi
- Flagstaff Buffalo: 18.3 mi
- Timeless Apparitions: 19.7 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 12.2 mi
- Sunset Crater Volcano Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona Research Center: 18.5 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona research facility: 18.5 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona: 18.7 mi
- Slipher Rotunda Museum: 20.2 mi
- Lava Flow Trail: 6.5 mi
- Wupatki Blowhole: 7.5 mi
- Grand Falls: 12.9 mi
- Waterbird petroglyph site: 14.7 mi
- Humphreys Peak B-24 Bomber Crash Site: 15.7 mi
- Juniper Street Community Garden: 18.9 mi
- The Forest Garden: 20.3 mi
- The Pond and Wetland Garden: 20.3 mi
- The Lizard Garden: 20.3 mi
- The Wildflower Garden: 20.3 mi
- White Buffalo Trading Post (former): 18.3 mi
- Flagstaff Historical Monument: 19.6 mi
- Flagstaff War Memorial: 19.9 mi
- Historic Route 66 Logo: 20.0 mi
- Tolchico: 20.0 mi
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument: 5.9 mi
- Wupatki National Monument: 9.8 mi
- Kachina Peaks Wilderness: 14.3 mi
- Walnut Canyon National Monument: 17.3 mi
- Kendrick Mountain Wilderness: 24.4 mi
- Maricopa Ramada: 24.4 mi
- Cochise Ramada: 24.5 mi
- Navajo Ramada: 24.5 mi
- Yavapai Ramada: 24.6 mi
- Lake Mary Boat Landin: 25.0 mi
- Grand Falls: 12.9 mi
- Black Falls: 13.3 mi
- House Rock: 14.6 mi
- Twin Arrows: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Strawberry Crater Wilderness. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humphreys Peak | WSW 249° | 3,850.77 m | 15.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | WSW 242° | 3,648 m | 14.8 mi |
| Aubineau Peak | WSW 250° | 3,608 m | 13.8 mi |
| Rees Peak | WSW 249° | 3,497 m | 13.3 mi |
| Doyle Peak | WSW 242° | 3,493 m | 13.8 mi |
| Schultz Peak | WSW 236° | 3,074 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | WSW 248° | 2,829 m | 11.2 mi |
| White Horse Hill - East Summit | W 261° | 2,752 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:07 | 19:45 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 77 | 81 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wupatki NM, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/2971250
Day trips start here
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument · 6 mi
- Flagstaff · 19 mi
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