El Recortado
El Recortado rises to 729 m in Arizona. Browns Peak stands 2,334 m to the northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Water Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Arizona, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 729 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
- 22.6 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
- 26.5 mi off the From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Fish Creek Vista · 7 mi
- Apache Lake Vista · 10 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 25 mi
- Observation Lookout · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hidden Water Spring: 1.6 mi
- Secucito Spring: 2.5 mi
- Blue Spring: 2.6 mi
- Horse Pasture Spring: 2.9 mi
- Cane Spring: 4.5 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Teddy Bear Hill: 2.1 mi
- Whirpool Rock: 3.2 mi
- Black Cross Butte: 3.6 mi
- Peak 2881: 4.2 mi
- Palo Verde Recreation Site 147: 2.8 mi
- Acacia Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Laguna Recreation Site One Hundred Fifty: 3.0 mi
- Boulder Recreation Site: 3.1 mi
- Butcher Jones Recreation Site: 5.4 mi
- Old Dynamite Shack: 3.9 mi
- Adams Camp: 5.5 mi
- Tortilla Ranch (Abandoned): 8.8 mi
- Cline Cabin: 10.6 mi
- Mine: 10.6 mi
- Acacia Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Boulder Picnic: 3.1 mi
- Butcher Jones: 5.4 mi
- Water Users Picnic: 7.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 9.0 mi
- Sheep Bend: 2.0 mi
- Satchin Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Ittindi Rock: 2.3 mi
- Walls of Bronze: 4.0 mi
- Razorback Point: 5.3 mi
- Desert Belle Cruises: 6.7 mi
- Black Rock: 6.8 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 9.2 mi
- Superstition Mountain Museum: 10.1 mi
- Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace: 17.7 mi
- River Of Time Museum: 17.5 mi
- Dungeon Tour: 17.9 mi
- Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum: 20.0 mi
- Mesa Historical Museum: 24.0 mi
- San Tan Historical Society: 24.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 2.7 mi
- Back Beach: 3.6 mi
- Fish Beach: 3.8 mi
- Buckhorn Beach: 13.4 mi
- Bella Vida Mural: 13.3 mi
- Dragontail Tower: 17.9 mi
- Lion Statue: 21.5 mi
- The Need To Know: 23.5 mi
- Fountain Hills Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Ethno-botanical Garden: 23.3 mi
- Entryway Garden: 23.8 mi
- Brinton Desert Botanical Garden: 24.4 mi
- Massacre Falls: 8.8 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 9.1 mi
- Usery Mountain Regional Park: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of El Recortado. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Peak | NE 36° | 2,334 m | 9.2 mi |
| Brother Peak | NE 37° | 2,329 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sister Peak | NE 38° | 2,308 m | 8.6 mi |
| Amethyst Peak | NE 39° | 2,293 m | 8.4 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | NE 54° | 2,006 m | 9.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | N 5° | 1,896 m | 12.0 mi |
| Camelback Peak | NE 52° | 1,717 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mine Mountain | N 0° | 1,575 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
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 | 56 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 79 | 88 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 63 | 55 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mormon Flat, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359265486
Day trips start here
- Fountain Hills · 18 mi
- Gilbert · 26 mi
- Mesa · 26 mi
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