Granite Mountain
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Granite Mountain rises to 2,208 m in Arizona. Mount Tritle stands 2,368 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 40 miles off.
The story
Granite Mountain (Yavapai: ʼWi:kvte:wa) is a 7,628-foot (2,325 m) mountain located in Yavapai County, Arizona that covers roughly 12 square miles (31 km2). It was once known as Mount Gurley, for the first governor of the Arizona Territory, John A. Gurley. Its southwest face has a sheer granite cliff approximately 500 feet (150 m) high that is one of the best locations for rock climbing in the state of Arizona. It is located in the Granite Mountain Wilderness, which is managed as a part of the Prescott National Forest. The mountain stands at the northern end of the Sierra Prietas, and borders Skull Valley on the west, on the northwest by the Santa Maria Mountains, and east by the Williamson Valley.
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Wikidata Q5595889, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,208 m
How to reach it
- 40.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 21.4 mi off the Mingus Mountain Scenic Road
- 27.3 mi off the Dry Creek Scenic Road
- 27.3 mi off the Jerome, Clarkdale, and Cottonwood Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Spring: 1.1 mi
- Baker Spring: 1.9 mi
- Sheep Canyon Spring: 2.3 mi
- Tin Trough Spring: 2.5 mi
- Upper Pasture Spring: 2.5 mi
- Granite Benchmark: 1.3 mi
- Red Hill: 2.0 mi
- Little Granite Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Two Rock Mountain: 3.0 mi
- City Hill: 4.1 mi
- Granite Basin Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Thumb Butte Park: 6.9 mi
- Montana Estates Community Park: 7.3 mi
- Jim McCasland Willow Creek Park: 7.4 mi
- Heritage Park: 7.9 mi
- Hardyville Road Marker: 6.3 mi
- Firefighters Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Granite Creek: 9.0 mi
- Pauline Weaver: 9.0 mi
- Hotel St. Michael: 9.1 mi
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 811: 7.3 mi
- Campus Miniature Model: 7.3 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 7.3 mi
- Upper Granite Creek Watershed: 8.6 mi
- Cowboy at Rest: 9.2 mi
- Phippen Museum of Western Art: 8.7 mi
- Sharlot Hall Museum: 9.0 mi
- Fort Whipple Museum: 9.2 mi
- Museum of Indigenous People: 9.5 mi
- Highlands Center for Natural History: 13.2 mi
- Whiskey Row: 9.1 mi
- Granite Dells: 9.7 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 13.4 mi
- Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 14.0 mi
- Montimer Farms: 20.7 mi
- Owl Rocks: 12.3 mi
- Promised Land: 15.4 mi
- Sycamore Rim: 16.0 mi
- Lynx Lake - North Shore Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
- Groom Creek Schoolhouse Group Picnic Site: 14.2 mi
- Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 1.0 mi
- Watson Wood Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Healing Garden: 8.7 mi
- Co-creation Garden: 8.7 mi
- Jerome Junction: 13.1 mi
- Catoctin: 15.1 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tritle | SSE 154° | 2,368 m | 17.2 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SE 141° | 2,336 m | 15.7 mi |
| Granite Benchmark | E 98° | 2,325 m | 1.3 mi |
| Maverick Mountain | SSE 158° | 2,267 m | 15.7 mi |
| West Spruce Mountain | S 186° | 2,185 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Francis | SSE 167° | 2,167 m | 10.7 mi |
| Little Granite Mountain | S 177° | 2,160 m | 2.2 mi |
| Dopper Peak | S 169° | 2,153 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:55 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prescott Love FLD, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 25343 — Granite Mountain, Yavapai County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359261192
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