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House Mountain

House Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

House Mountain rises to 1,562 m in Arizona. Wilson Mountain stands 2,164 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Rock State Park, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. Dry Creek Scenic Road passes 3.9 miles off.

The story

House Mountain is a shield volcano located in the U.S. state of Arizona located between the Sedona Red Rock Country and the Verde Valley in the Coconino National Forest. House Mountain erupted approximately 13–15 million years ago on the edge of where the Mogollon Rim stood at that time. Thus, the basalt that was emitted preserved the sedimentary layers below it, including the Schnebly Hill Formation and the thin band of Fort Apache Limestone. The Mogollon Rim has receded at a rate of 1 foot per 600 years since and the current edge of the rim can be seen several miles away from the summit. House Mountain is easily visible from State Route 89A as you drive from Sedona and Cottonwood. Turkey Creek Trail climbs for 3 miles up to the northern rim of the caldera. From there you can follow an old Jeep trail road down into the bowl of the caldera and up to the southern rim. Then, it is a steep, but short trek off trail to the summit. It was named House Mountain because of the rocky summit formation that superficially looks like a house from the Verde Valley below.

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Wikidata Q5913701, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1562 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.77113, -111.85377

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
  • Bell Rock Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Winter Cabin Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Lee Mountain Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Soda Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Russell Spring: 11.7 mi
Parks: 24
  • Red Rock State Park: 3.2 mi
  • Crescent Moon Ranch: 4.6 mi
  • Windmill Park: 5.2 mi
  • Sunset Park: 6.6 mi
  • Greyback Park: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 21
Cliffs: 17
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 9
  • Sedona Heritage Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Clemenceau Heritage Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Arizona Copper Art Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Arizona Copper Art Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • 9/11 Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Sugarloaf Ruin: 6.2 mi
  • Atkeson Pueblo: 7.9 mi
  • Bridgeport Pueblo: 8.4 mi
  • Hatalacva Pueblo: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Gardens: 3
  • Rotary Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Arroyo Pinon Botanical Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Cottonwood Community Garden: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Devil's Bridge: 9.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of House Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilson MountainNNE 30°2,164 m11.7 mi
Wilson MountainNNE 31°2,137 m11.4 mi
Munds MountainNE 53°2,084 m10.1 mi
Lost Wilson MountainNNE 21°2,066 m11.7 mi
Maroon MountainN 3°2,030 m11.9 mi
Schnebly HillNE 53°2,026 m12.6 mi
Lost MountainN 349°2,021 m12.1 mi
Lee MountainENE 65°2,009 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0618:39
June solstice05:1519:0719:45
September equinox06:1617:5218:26
December solstice07:3216:4217:21

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454954616979848276655345
Precip in1.11.01.00.40.40.21.62.21.31.00.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuzigoot, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 30236 — House Mountain, Yavapai County, Arizona.

OpenStreetMap element node/359267331

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