- Elevation
- 1,888 m
- Tallest summit within 14.4 miles
- Humphreys Peak3,850.77 m · 14.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road17.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 19:45local time
- Coordinates
- 35.3906, -111.4321
Painted Desert Vista Picnic Area is a park in Arizona, at a recorded 1,888 m. Humphreys Peak stands 3,851 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Haywire Crater, a peak 1.4 miles away. San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road passes 17 miles off.
- Elevation
- 1888 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Painted Desert Vista Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humphreys Peak | WSW 258° | 3,850.77 m | 14.2 mi |
| Fremont Peak | WSW 250° | 3,648 m | 13.7 mi |
| Aubineau Peak | W 259° | 3,608 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rees Peak | W 259° | 3,497 m | 12.6 mi |
| Doyle Peak | WSW 251° | 3,493 m | 12.8 mi |
| Schultz Peak | WSW 245° | 3,074 m | 12.4 mi |
| Elden Mountain | SW 222° | 2,834 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | W 260° | 2,829 m | 10.5 mi |
- 17.4 mi off the San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Petroglyph Overlook · 13 mi
- City Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haywire Crater: 1.4 mi
- Black Bottom Crater: 2.3 mi
- Stewart Crater: 2.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Cinder Hills: 3.4 mi
- Coyote Spring: 7.8 mi
- Roden Spring: 8.2 mi
- Peshlaki Spring: 8.6 mi
- Heiser Spring: 9.1 mi
- Little Roden Spring: 9.3 mi
- Peaks View County Park: 9.9 mi
- Smoke Rise Park: 13.2 mi
- Smokerise Park: 13.2 mi
- San Francisco Peaks Natural Area: 15.0 mi
- Continental Park: 15.1 mi
- Crater Bowl: 10.1 mi
- East Portal: 10.1 mi
- South Space: 10.3 mi
- Flagstaff Buffalo: 16.4 mi
- Timeless Apparitions: 17.8 mi
- Sunset Crater Volcano Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona Research Center: 16.8 mi
- Museum of Northern Arizona research facility: 16.9 mi
- Slipher Rotunda Museum: 18.4 mi
- Astronomy Discovery Center: 18.5 mi
- Lava Flow Trail: 5.2 mi
- Wupatki Blowhole: 9.7 mi
- Waterbird petroglyph site: 12.6 mi
- Grand Falls: 13.3 mi
- Levitate Adventure Park: 14.1 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Doney Cliffs: 14.5 mi
- Juniper Street Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- The Forest Garden: 18.4 mi
- The Pond and Wetland Garden: 18.4 mi
- The Lizard Garden: 18.4 mi
- The Wildflower Garden: 18.4 mi
- Flagstaff Historical Monument: 17.8 mi
- Twin Arrows Trading Post: 18.1 mi
- Flagstaff War Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Historic Route 66 Logo: 18.1 mi
- White Buffalo Trading Post (former): 18.3 mi
- Maricopa Ramada: 22.5 mi
- Cochise Ramada: 22.6 mi
- Lake Mary Boat Landin: 22.6 mi
- Navajo Ramada: 22.6 mi
- Yavapai Ramada: 22.7 mi
- House Rock: 12.9 mi
- Twin Arrows: 18.0 mi
- Canyon Diablo: 23.7 mi
- Grand Falls: 13.2 mi
- Black Falls: 15.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:07 | 19:45 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 64 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunset Crater NM, 6 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument · 4 mi
- Flagstaff · 17 mi
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