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Bush Head

Bush Head, seen from above at true elevation

Bush Head rises to 1,839 m in Arizona. White Knolls stands 2,090 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Last Reliable Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road passes 8.6 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Bush Head is a summit in the Coconino County, Arizona. It is about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Buckskin Gulch and located on the Paria Plateau west of the Paria River in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.

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Wikidata Q14680297, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1839 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.92471, -111.72183

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Peaks: 47
  • Powells Monument: 5.8 mi
  • Cedar Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Cedar Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Little Knoll: 6.6 mi
  • Johnson Point: 7.3 mi
Springs: 41
  • Last Reliable Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Shower Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Lowrey Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Sevenmile Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Second Crack Spring: 7.1 mi
Parks: 9
  • Big Water Park: 11.6 mi
  • Vermillion Park: 13.7 mi
  • Children's Park: 14.1 mi
  • Elm Street Fitness Park: 14.2 mi
  • John C Page Park: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
Nature reserves: 5
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Dick's Arch: 17.1 mi
  • Buckskin Gulch Arch: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Wilson Ranch: 5.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Echo Peaks Fall: 10.6 mi
Museums: 1
  • John Wesley Powell Museum: 14.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Catstair Canyon Detroit Riprap: 19.4 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White KnollsSSW 203°2,090 m10.5 mi
The Big KnollSW 232°2,054 m9.2 mi
Powells MonumentSSE 156°2,042 m5.8 mi
TselgiishilSSE 163°2,028 m16.5 mi
Middle KnollWSW 240°2,018 m7.9 mi
White MesaSSE 157°1,993 m21.7 mi
Buckskin MountainW 280°1,966 m21.4 mi
Little KnollWSW 247°1,958 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:0920:1220:50
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3716:3417:15

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394554627283898676635040
Precip in0.60.70.60.30.40.10.91.11.10.80.40.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lees Ferry, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2288 — Bush Head, Coconino County, Arizona.

OpenStreetMap element node/359243688

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