Roper Lake State Park
Roper Lake State Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 955 m. Mount Graham stands 3,264 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Dankworth Pond State Park, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Swift Trail Parkway passes 1.8 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Swift Trail Parkway
- 17.3 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rincon Spring: 5.7 mi
- Carls Spring: 6.0 mi
- Slick Rock Spring: 6.4 mi
- Helldive Spring: 7.4 mi
- Round the Mountain Spring: 7.7 mi
- Clay Knoll: 2.8 mi
- Halls Mesa: 4.7 mi
- Riggs Mesa: 5.0 mi
- Cyclone Hill: 5.1 mi
- Metate Peak: 5.6 mi
- Graham County Fairgrounds: 2.4 mi
- Glenn Meadows Park: 3.6 mi
- La Tierra Park: 4.0 mi
- 14th Avenue And El Paso Boulevard Park: 4.5 mi
- Ramada Park: 4.5 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Sanchez Campsite: 10.4 mi
- Pima Railroad Station: 11.6 mi
- Mt. Graham Mill Site: 12.0 mi
- Tanque Tanks: 14.0 mi
- Tanque Water Station: 14.0 mi
- The People: 5.5 mi
- Bryce "B": 14.7 mi
- Eden "E": 17.8 mi
- Slick Rock: 11.3 mi
- Hagens Point: 11.8 mi
- Red Knolls Amphitheater: 19.7 mi
- Noon Creek Picnic Grounds: 8.1 mi
- West Canyon Picnic Grounds: 9.6 mi
- Eastern Arizona Museum and Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Ebenezer and Mary Ann Bryce Home: 13.7 mi
- Dankworth Pond State Park: 2.4 mi
- Our Neighbor's Farm and Pantry: 5.2 mi
- Grant Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Roper Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Graham | WSW 249° | 3,264.07 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hawk Peak | WSW 250° | 3,235 m | 11.0 mi |
| Plain View Peak | WSW 245° | 3,161 m | 10.3 mi |
| Heliograph Peak | SW 229° | 3,050 m | 11.1 mi |
| Webb Peak | WSW 257° | 3,050 m | 13.1 mi |
| Grand View Peak | W 260° | 2,930 m | 14.1 mi |
| Grant Hill | WSW 240° | 2,886 m | 12.4 mi |
| Eagle Rock | SW 231° | 2,851 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:23 | 17:58 | 18:31 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| September equinox | 06:08 | 17:44 | 18:17 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:40 | 17:17 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Safford AG CTR, 4 mi away.
- Vermilion Flycatcher21 obs
- Checkered Setwing18 obs
- American Coot15 obs
- Variegated Meadowhawk14 obs
- Common Merganser12 obs
- Mexican Duck12 obs
- Redhead11 obs
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet11 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.
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