Gold Hill
Gold Hill rises to 1,385 m in Arizona. Benchmark Mountain stands 1,777 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Hill Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49032077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,385 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Butte Peak: 0.5 mi
- Apache Peak: 0.9 mi
- Bronco Butte: 1.3 mi
- Continental Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Lone Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Gold Hill Spring: 0.3 mi
- Pipeline Spring: 0.8 mi
- Henry Spring: 0.8 mi
- Rackensack Spring: 0.8 mi
- Ranger Spring: 0.8 mi
- Gateway Desert Awareness Park: 5.8 mi
- Carefree Desert Gardens: 6.0 mi
- Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area: 6.4 mi
- Gilbert Park: 6.8 mi
- Black Mountain Summit Park: 7.0 mi
- Spur Cross Stables: 5.6 mi
- Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 7.7 mi
- Balanced Rock: 8.2 mi
- Bunny Rock: 8.8 mi
- Archeology Notification: 11.1 mi
- Seven Springs: 5.0 mi
- S B Cove: 13.0 mi
- Needle Rock Picnic: 13.7 mi
- Palo Verde Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Ironwood Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Carefree Galloway Wash Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Jewel of the Creek Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area: 6.0 mi
- Coroline Bartol Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Black Mountain Summit Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Corral: 5.4 mi
- Anthem Veterans Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Foundation: 16.9 mi
- iron statue: 18.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.6 mi
- Cave Creek Museum: 6.8 mi
- Penske Racing Museum: 17.0 mi
- Mercantile: 17.5 mi
- Pioneer Arizona History Museum: 17.5 mi
- River Of Time Museum: 21.3 mi
- West Point: 12.0 mi
- Sven Slab: 14.1 mi
- Morrells Wall: 14.5 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 14.7 mi
- The White Bluffs: 17.1 mi
- Mountains and Rainbows: 16.8 mi
- Impulsion: 17.8 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes & Saint Bernadette Grotto: 18.4 mi
- Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge: 20.4 mi
- Paseo Highlands Agave Grotto: 20.7 mi
- Desert Defenders Native Seed Garden: 10.5 mi
- Xeric Garden: 10.5 mi
- The Potted Plant Inc.: 18.2 mi
- Fountain Hills Community Garden: 21.4 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 14.9 mi
- Gillett: 19.8 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Gold Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,777 m | 13.7 mi |
| East Cedar Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,661 m | 15.1 mi |
| Blackjack Point | N 354° | 1,634 m | 10.9 mi |
| Rover Peak | N 8° | 1,590 m | 9.1 mi |
| Humboldt Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,566 m | 7.1 mi |
| Kentuck Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,527 m | 4.4 mi |
| Monument Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,519 m | 8.9 mi |
| Willow Spring Mountain | NE 38° | 1,507 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:45 | 17:23 |
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 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carefree, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359266192
Day trips start here
- Fountain Hills · 21 mi
- Scottsdale · 27 mi
- Phoenix · 29 mi
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