Blackbridge Picnic Area
Blackbridge Picnic Area is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,299 m. Mitchell Peak stands 2,388 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverview Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Black Hills Back Country Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1299 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
- 2.7 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Smelter Hill: 1.4 mi
- Clifton Peak: 2.3 mi
- Red Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mulligan Peak: 3.0 mi
- Square Butte: 4.4 mi
- Limestone Spring: 3.7 mi
- Gold Spring: 3.8 mi
- Ash Spring: 5.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 6.0 mi
- Buzzard Roost Spring: 6.7 mi
- Riverview Park: 1.2 mi
- Sumitomo Park: 2.3 mi
- County Ball fields: 2.3 mi
- Degrazia Park: 3.1 mi
- Granville Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
- Cherry Lodge Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Sardine Saddle Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Sardine Saddle Family Picnic: 13.5 mi
- HL Saddle Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- H L Saddle Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Shovel: 2.0 mi
- Greenlee County Fairgrounds: 22.9 mi
- Morenci Southern Railway: 2.2 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Sanchez Campsite: 20.7 mi
- Evans Point: 5.5 mi
- Final Point: 11.3 mi
- Greenlee County Historical: 2.1 mi
- Stargo: 5.1 mi
- Gillard Hot Spring: 5.6 mi
- Sardine Falls: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Blackbridge Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Peak | NNW 339° | 2,388 m | 13.9 mi |
| Maverick Hill | E 91° | 2,280 m | 13.1 mi |
| McMullen Peak | E 93° | 2,271 m | 14.1 mi |
| Enebro Mountain | NNW 328° | 2,262 m | 11.8 mi |
| Coronado Mountain | NW 315° | 2,253 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pinal Point | NNW 335° | 2,209 m | 11.3 mi |
| Painted Bluffs | NW 323° | 2,187 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cold Spring Mountain | ENE 64° | 2,143 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:22 | 17:56 | 18:29 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| September equinox | 06:06 | 17:43 | 18:15 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:37 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 84 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clifton, 2 mi away.
- California poppy4 obs
- henbit deadnettle4 obs
- Western Honey Bee3 obs
- ocotillo3 obs
- Creosote Bush3 obs
- silverleaf nightshade3 obs
- Gambel's Quail2 obs
- Cactus Wren2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359281068
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