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Lake Havasu State Park

Lake Havasu State Park from directly overhead

Lake Havasu State Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Crossman Peak stands 1,488 m to the northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Balance Rock, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 22 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
177 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.43585, -114.28551

87 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
  • Aubrey Hills: 9.4 mi
  • Crossman Peak: 9.6 mi
  • Monument Peak: 10.8 mi
  • Mohave Springs Mesa: 12.1 mi
  • Black Mountain: 14.4 mi
Parks: 30
  • Dylan's Dog Park: 1.5 mi
  • Cypress Park: 3.1 mi
  • Jack Hardy Park: 3.2 mi
  • Rotary Park: 3.7 mi
  • Wheeler Park: 4.1 mi
Springs: 11
  • Willow Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Screwbean Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Gold Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Jupiter Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Robert McCulloch Sr. & C.V. Wood Jr. Monument: 4.3 mi
  • to all the fallen soliders buried here wall of honor: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Balance Rock: 0.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Pigeon Point Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cactus Garden: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Havasu State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crossman PeakNE 35°1,488 m9.6 mi
Chemehuevi PeakWNW 297°1,082 m17.7 mi
Black MountainENE 73°894 m14.4 mi
Savahia PeakSW 232°821 m17.9 mi
Castaneda PeakE 91°808 m18.5 mi
Whale MountainNW 319°806 m22.6 mi
Monument PeakS 171°725 m10.8 mi
Powell PeakNNW 340°707 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1618:49
June solstice05:2619:1619:54
September equinox06:2618:0218:35
December solstice06:4115:5316:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545865728190969588756253
Precip in0.80.60.50.20.00.00.30.40.40.30.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Havasu City, 6 mi away.

  • Common Chuckwalla17 obs
  • Creosote Bush17 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard16 obs
  • Notch-leaf Scorpionweed13 obs
  • Brittlebush11 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear10 obs
  • Schott's Pygmycedar8 obs
  • Desert Sunflower7 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359247648

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