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Boulder Recreation Site

Boulder Recreation Site from directly overhead

Boulder Recreation Site is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 508 m. Browns Peak stands 2,334 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Boulder Picnic, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Apache Trail Historic Road runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
508 m
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.53134, -111.42519

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Teddy Bear Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Hackberry Mesa: 2.4 mi
  • Peak 2881: 2.5 mi
  • Battleship Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Geronimo Head: 3.0 mi
Springs
  • Hackberry Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Second Water Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Hidden Water Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Horse Pasture Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Bella Vida Mural: 10.6 mi
  • Dragontail Tower: 14.8 mi
  • Lion Statue: 20.0 mi
  • The Need To Know: 21.4 mi
  • Mariposa Falls: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 38
Historic sites: 34
  • Old Dynamite Shack: 5.3 mi
  • Mine: 7.5 mi
  • Tortilla Ranch (Abandoned): 7.6 mi
  • Adams Camp: 7.6 mi
  • Fireplace Chimney: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Goldfield Ghost Town: 6.4 mi
  • Desert Belle Cruises: 7.1 mi
  • Superstition Mountain Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Black Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Boulder Picnic: 0.0 mi
  • Acacia Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Butcher Jones: 6.0 mi
  • Water Users Picnic: 6.9 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Sandy Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Back Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Fish Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Buckhorn Beach: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Massacre Falls: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Usery Mountain Regional Park: 11.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Boulder Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Browns PeakNNE 28°2,334 m12.0 mi
Brother PeakNNE 29°2,329 m11.8 mi
Sister PeakNNE 29°2,308 m11.3 mi
Amethyst PeakNNE 30°2,293 m11.1 mi
Buckhorn MountainNE 42°2,006 m11.9 mi
Mine MountainN 1°1,575 m12.2 mi
Superstition PeakS 170°1,541 m8.4 mi
Ironview PeakSSW 192°1,531 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0518:38
June solstice05:1719:0319:40
September equinox06:1517:5118:24
December solstice07:2716:4417:22

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565864707988939186766355
Precip in1.91.51.70.50.30.01.31.40.50.70.41.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mormon Flat, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard59 obs
  • saguaro51 obs
  • American Coot49 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle44 obs
  • Buckhorn Cholla33 obs
  • Turkey Vulture31 obs
  • Graham's nipple cactus30 obs
  • Brittlebush26 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359276387

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