Granite Mountain
Granite Mountain rises to 1,072 m in Arizona. Humboldt Mountain stands 1,566 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Balanced Rock, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America; geonames ID = 5296483.
Wikidata Q49032731, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,072 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Mountain Spring: 4.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 7.7 mi
- Honeymoon Seep: 8.1 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 8.1 mi
- Gold Hill Spring: 8.1 mi
- Cholla Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Fraesfield Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Brown's Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Cone Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Wildcat Hill: 4.0 mi
- George "Doc" Cavalliere Park: 3.9 mi
- Dog Park: 6.7 mi
- Carefree Desert Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Florence Ely Nelson Desert Park: 7.5 mi
- Gilbert Park: 7.9 mi
- Balanced Rock: 0.7 mi
- Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 2.1 mi
- Bunny Rock: 3.8 mi
- Trail Maintenance Tool Box: 5.4 mi
- Morrell's Boulder: 6.5 mi
- The Potted Plant Inc.: 12.4 mi
- Desert Defenders Native Seed Garden: 12.6 mi
- Xeric Garden: 12.6 mi
- Fountain Hills Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 18.9 mi
- Mountains and Rainbows: 10.4 mi
- Impulsion: 11.2 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes & Saint Bernadette Grotto: 13.2 mi
- Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge: 16.1 mi
- The Big Derailment: 18.3 mi
- Palo Verde Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Ironwood Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Needle Rock Picnic: 7.9 mi
- S B Cove: 10.8 mi
- Seven Springs: 12.6 mi
- Foundation: 9.9 mi
- Corral: 12.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 13.7 mi
- iron statue: 15.4 mi
- Jim Hart Memorial Monument: 16.0 mi
- Cave Creek Museum: 8.8 mi
- Penske Racing Museum: 11.5 mi
- River Of Time Museum: 13.3 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 16.3 mi
- Scottsdale Railroad Museum: 18.3 mi
- Pinnacle Peak Park: 5.0 mi
- Carefree Galloway Wash Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Black Mountain Summit Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Coroline Bartol Preserve: 8.6 mi
- P.A. Seitts Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Sven Slab: 6.4 mi
- Morrells Wall: 6.8 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 7.0 mi
- West Point: 18.5 mi
- Coon Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 20.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Mountain | N 2° | 1,566 m | 13.7 mi |
| Kentuck Mountain | N 7° | 1,527 m | 9.1 mi |
| Willow Spring Mountain | N 5° | 1,507 m | 12.8 mi |
| Quien Sabe Peak | NNW 337° | 1,486 m | 11.4 mi |
| Maverick Butte | N 4° | 1,475 m | 11.1 mi |
| Butte Peak | NNW 338° | 1,470 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bronco Butte | NNW 334° | 1,461 m | 9.1 mi |
| Granite Mountain | E 88° | 1,429 m | 14.0 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 | 18:25 |
| 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 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 84 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 72 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacle Peak, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359266314
Day trips start here
- Fountain Hills · 13 mi
- Scottsdale · 21 mi
- Phoenix · 24 mi
- Mesa · 25 mi
- Tempe · 26 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 29 mi
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