Apache Peak
Apache Peak rises to 933 m in Arizona. Mount Kimball stands 2,214 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Hill Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.1 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pima County, Arizona, United States of America
Wikidata Q49008967, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 933 m
How to reach it
- 26.1 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 28 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 28 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 28 mi
- Windy Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Signal Hill: 1.1 mi
- Red Hills: 2.2 mi
- Amole Peak: 2.4 mi
- Wasson Peak: 2.7 mi
- Brown Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Sus Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area: 1.5 mi
- Cam-Boh Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Picture Rocks Park: 3.2 mi
- Cap Land Bridge: 3.5 mi
- Bureau of Reclamation Wildlife Mitigation Corridor: 4.3 mi
- Malcolmson Donation: 4.4 mi
- Andrada: 4.4 mi
- Sanctuary Cove: 5.6 mi
- Untitled: 8.2 mi
- Downtown Marana Sign/Cowboy Statue: 12.1 mi
- Deer at Tangerine Sky Park: 12.4 mi
- Santa Cruz Gateway: 12.6 mi
- Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 12.9 mi
- Pollination Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Cactus Garden: 3.2 mi
- Agave Garden: 3.2 mi
- Moth Garden: 3.2 mi
- aquaponics: 9.5 mi
- Prehistoric Rock Art: 1.1 mi
- Ancient Arizona and Sonorasaurus: 3.1 mi
- Mountain Woodland: 3.1 mi
- Desert Grassland: 3.1 mi
- Cat Canyon: 3.2 mi
- International Wildlife Museum: 8.1 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 10.6 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 13.0 mi
- J. Knox Corbett House: 13.3 mi
- Tucson Museum of Art: 13.4 mi
- Bowen Stone House Ruins: 8.8 mi
- Saguarohenge: 9.2 mi
- Sun Circle: 10.9 mi
- Titan II Missile Base #11: 13.3 mi
- N.E. Corner Adobe Wall of Spanish Presidio of Tucson: 13.4 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 17.4 mi
- Cochie Spring: 17.9 mi
- Bass Spring: 18.7 mi
- Pima Spring: 18.9 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 19.3 mi
- Signal Hill Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Rocky Point: 12.1 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 17.8 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 18.1 mi
- Seven Falls: 24.8 mi
- Sasco: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Apache Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kimball | ENE 71° | 2,213.56 m | 19.4 mi |
| Little Kimball | ENE 72° | 2,171 m | 19.5 mi |
| Gorp Peak | ENE 73° | 2,037 m | 19.1 mi |
| Prominent Point | ENE 72° | 2,017.75 m | 18.1 mi |
| Finger Guard | ENE 72° | 1,972.4 m | 18.3 mi |
| Finger Rock | ENE 72° | 1,960.9 m | 18.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,908 m | 17.9 mi |
| Table Tooth | ENE 68° | 1,824 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:51 | 18:23 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 82 | 72 | 61 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson 17 NW, 2 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Saguaro National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Aug and Jul; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 733 — Apache Peak, Pima County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359242045
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 18 mi
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