Barnes Butte
Barnes Butte rises to 515 m in Arizona. East End stands 1,240 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Papago Buttes, a peak 0.4 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Arizona, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49010808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 515 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Papago Buttes: 0.4 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 1.0 mi
- Hayden Butte: 3.0 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 3.3 mi
- The Praying Monk: 3.7 mi
- Papago Park: 0.7 mi
- PERA Club: 1.2 mi
- Arcadia Park: 1.5 mi
- Paiute Park: 1.5 mi
- Tovrea Castle Historic Area: 1.6 mi
- Majestic Mariposas: 0.7 mi
- Visitors Center: 0.8 mi
- Akimel O'Odham Kitchen: 1.0 mi
- The Hole in the Rock: 1.0 mi
- Petting Zoo: 1.2 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.7 mi
- Tovrea Castle: 1.6 mi
- Pueblo Grande Ball Court: 2.2 mi
- Pueblo Grande: 2.2 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 2.3 mi
- Boulder Garden: 0.7 mi
- Sonoran Desert Garden: 0.7 mi
- Bee Garden: 0.7 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 0.7 mi
- Shade Garden: 0.7 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 1.4 mi
- Arizona Heritage Center: 2.2 mi
- S'edav Va'aki Museum: 2.2 mi
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West: 2.3 mi
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.5 mi
- Salvaged Ironwood: 0.7 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.7 mi
- Lonely Flight: 0.8 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 1.0 mi
- timeline: 1.0 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 0.4 mi
- Ramada #2=: 6.5 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Fiesta Ramadas: 6.8 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 10.1 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 7.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 10.9 mi
- Chinese Wall: 10.2 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 17.1 mi
- Morrells Wall: 17.5 mi
- Sven Slab: 18.0 mi
- Coon Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Illinois: 11.1 mi
- Mountain Spring: 16.1 mi
- Marinette: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Barnes Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NNE 31° | 1,240 m | 17.2 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 31° | 1,230 m | 15.5 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 34° | 1,214 m | 14.7 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 29° | 1,196 m | 17.0 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 30° | 1,192 m | 15.3 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,060 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NE 46° | 935 m | 14.0 mi |
| Usery Mountain | E 83° | 905 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1031 — Barnes Butte, Maricopa County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359242348
Day trips start here
- Scottsdale · 3 mi
- Tempe · 5 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 7 mi
- Guadalupe · 7 mi
- Phoenix · 7 mi
- Mesa · 8 mi
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