Gunsight Hills
Gunsight Hills rises to 840 m in Arizona. Mount Ajo stands 1,458 m to the south-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ninemile Peak, a peak 5.9 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Arizona, United States of America
Wikidata Q49034342, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 840 m
How to reach it
65 named places within 25 miles
- Ninemile Peak: 5.9 mi
- Montezumas Head: 6.0 mi
- Copper Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Kavolik: 9.1 mi
- Mount Ajo: 9.7 mi
- Estes Canyon Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Diablo Canyon Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Pinkley Peak Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Senita Basin Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Golden Bell Mine: 22.1 mi
- Organ Pipe Cactus Family Picnic Ground: 17.8 mi
- Boy Scout Campgrounds: 19.4 mi
- Bud Walker Park: 21.7 mi
- Gibson Neighborhood Park: 22.1 mi
- Dennison Picnic Ground: 23.3 mi
- Bull Pasture Spring: 10.4 mi
- Dripping Springs: 18.6 mi
- Ajo Window: 9.5 mi
- Allen: 10.6 mi
- Ajo Historical Society Museum: 21.1 mi
- Bonita Well: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gunsight Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ajo | SSW 208° | 1,458 m | 9.7 mi |
| Cimarron Peak | NNE 33° | 1,243 m | 23.5 mi |
| Diaz Spire | SSW 195° | 1,186 m | 12.9 mi |
| Montezumas Head | WSW 245° | 1,109 m | 6.0 mi |
| Sierra Blanca | E 79° | 1,086 m | 22.0 mi |
| Diaz Peak | SSW 193° | 1,070 m | 13.0 mi |
| Tillotson Peak | SW 223° | 983 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pinkley Peak | SW 235° | 959 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:19 | 17:56 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:53 | 17:31 |
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 | 63 | 69 | 76 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 85 | 74 | 63 | 55 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Organ Pipe Cactus NM, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 5429 — Gunsight Hills, Pima County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359246255
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