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Strawberry Crater Wilderness

Strawberry Crater Wilderness from directly overhead

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.

Visiting

What to expect

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United States Forest Service
Getting there

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Coordinates35.42489, -111.43042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Springs: 46
  • 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
Parks: 39
  • 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
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 13
Attractions: 9
  • 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
Gardens: 7
  • 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
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • 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
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Humphreys PeakWSW 249°3,850.77 m15.0 mi
Fremont PeakWSW 242°3,648 m14.8 mi
Aubineau PeakWSW 250°3,608 m13.8 mi
Rees PeakWSW 249°3,497 m13.3 mi
Doyle PeakWSW 242°3,493 m13.8 mi
Schultz PeakWSW 236°3,074 m13.6 mi
Sugarloaf PeakWSW 248°2,829 m11.2 mi
White Horse Hill - East SummitW 261°2,752 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0418:38
June solstice05:1219:0719:45
September equinox06:1417:5118:24
December solstice07:3216:3817:17

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374250576677817871594636
Precip in0.70.50.60.40.40.11.61.51.00.70.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wupatki NM, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/2971250

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