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Cerro Quemado

Cerro Quemado, seen from above at true elevation

Cerro Quemado rises to 2,465 m in Arizona. Sunrise Peak stands 3,243 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro Trigo, a peak 4.5 miles away. White Mountain Scenic Road passes 9.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Arizona, United States of America

Wikidata Q49019578, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2465 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.22338, -109.50121

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cerro Trigo: 4.5 mi
  • Cerro Montoso: 5.2 mi
  • Whiting Knoll: 6.4 mi
  • Negro Knob: 6.5 mi
  • Saint Peters Dome: 6.6 mi
Springs
  • Schuster Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Corral Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Gibbons Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Iris Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Iris Spring Number One: 6.5 mi
Parks: 10
  • Lyman Lake State Park: 12.1 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 15.5 mi
  • Lions Park: 17.1 mi
  • Shush Bezahze Campgrounds: 17.2 mi
  • Paradise Park Youth Camp: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Museums: 2
  • Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum: 14.0 mi
  • Butterfly Lodge Museum: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Madonna of the Trail: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Naegle Ranch: 14.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Cerro Quemado. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunrise PeakS 190°3,243 m18.8 mi
Greens PeakSSW 209°3,089 m8.8 mi
Pole KnollS 183°2,983 m12.5 mi
Wahl KnollSSE 157°2,967 m17.5 mi
Saint Peters DomeSSW 211°2,936 m6.6 mi
Big Cienega MountainSSW 195°2,928 m13.2 mi
Rudd KnollSSE 155°2,918 m18.5 mi
Boardshack KnollS 180°2,907 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2317:5718:30
June solstice05:0718:5719:34
September equinox06:0717:4318:16
December solstice07:2116:3417:13

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283036415058616055463628
Precip in1.21.30.90.50.70.54.14.82.41.31.10.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greer, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 27475 — Cerro Quemado, Apache County, Arizona.

OpenStreetMap element node/359263828

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