Courthouse Plaza
Courthouse Plaza is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,633 m. Mount Union stands 2,427 m to the south-southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain William O’Neill, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mingus Mountain Scenic Road passes 18 miles off.
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Mingus Mountain Scenic Road
- 46.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.8 mi off the Dry Creek Scenic Road
- 24.8 mi off the Jerome, Clarkdale, and Cottonwood Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Hill: 1.2 mi
- Whipple Peak: 1.7 mi
- Kuhne Hill: 1.8 mi
- Badger Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Thumb Butte: 2.9 mi
- Deer Spring: 2.4 mi
- Government Canyon Spring: 2.8 mi
- Section Twelve Spring: 2.9 mi
- Bellows Spring: 3.4 mi
- Deer Lick Spring: 3.6 mi
- AC Williams Granite Creek Park: 0.5 mi
- Jefferson Park: 0.5 mi
- Honor Island Park: 0.5 mi
- Ken Lindley Park: 0.6 mi
- Acker Park: 0.7 mi
- Captain William O’Neill: 0.0 mi
- Yavapai County Service Flag: 0.0 mi
- Statehood Tree: 0.0 mi
- Hotel St. Michael: 0.1 mi
- Pauline Weaver: 0.2 mi
- Whiskey Row: 0.1 mi
- Granite Dells: 4.6 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 4.9 mi
- Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 8.1 mi
- Montimer Farms: 13.2 mi
- Cowboy at Rest: 0.1 mi
- Upper Granite Creek Watershed: 0.6 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 5.2 mi
- Campus Miniature Model: 5.3 mi
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 811: 5.4 mi
- Sharlot Hall Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Indigenous People: 0.6 mi
- Fort Whipple Museum: 1.1 mi
- Highlands Center for Natural History: 4.5 mi
- Phippen Museum of Western Art: 6.2 mi
- Catoctin: 8.7 mi
- Jerome Junction: 17.1 mi
- Alexandra: 21.3 mi
- Cleator: 22.6 mi
- Cordes: 23.8 mi
- Lynx Lake - North Shore Picnic Site: 4.9 mi
- Groom Creek Schoolhouse Group Picnic Site: 5.2 mi
- Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Promised Land: 19.3 mi
- Owl Rocks: 21.2 mi
- Sycamore Rim: 23.0 mi
- Co-creation Garden: 0.5 mi
- Healing Garden: 0.5 mi
- Watson Wood Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 8.2 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Courthouse Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Union | SSE 157° | 2,427 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Davis | SSE 153° | 2,407 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Tritle | S 170° | 2,368 m | 8.7 mi |
| Moscow Peak | SSE 156° | 2,343 m | 10.4 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SE 145° | 2,336 m | 6.6 mi |
| Granite Benchmark | NW 324° | 2,325 m | 8.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | S 172° | 2,291 m | 9.7 mi |
| Maverick Mountain | S 182° | 2,267 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:55 | 18:28 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prescott, 3 mi away.
- Grand Western Flood Plain Cicada64 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard51 obs
- Mule Deer39 obs
- Madrean Alligator Lizard36 obs
- Garden Snail35 obs
- broad-leaved sweet pea33 obs
- Sonoran Bumble Bee30 obs
- Plateau Fence Lizard30 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 way/708661598
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