Kitt Peak
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Kitt Peak rises to 2,099 m in Arizona. Baboquivari Peak stands 2,358 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach, a museum 0.5 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Kitt Peak (O'odham: Ioligam) is a mountain in the U.S. state of Arizona, and at 6,883 feet (2,098 m) is the highest point in the Quinlan Mountains. It is the location of the Kitt Peak National Observatory. The radio telescope at the observatory is one of ten dishes comprising the Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope. The peak was named in English by county surveyor George J. Roskruge for his sister, Phillippa, who was the wife of William F. Kitt. On his 1893 Pima County Survey map, Roskruge spelled the name 'Kits'. At the request of the wife of George F. Kitt, the spelling was changed by decision in 1930. Kitt Peak is the second-highest peak on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, and as such is the second-most sacred after Baboquivari Peak. Near the summit is I'itoi's Garden, which the nation's lore holds summer residence of its elder brother deity. The name Ioligam means "red stick" in reference to the abundance of manzanita bushes on and around the mountain.
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Wikidata Q1333532, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2099 m
How to reach it
82 named places within 25 miles
- Saucito Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Coyote Mountains: 4.7 mi
- Bell Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Martina Mountain: 11.0 mi
- Sharp Peak: 11.4 mi
- Broken Trough Spring: 14.2 mi
- Max Seep: 14.4 mi
- Tinaja Spring: 14.6 mi
- Mimsh Wahia: 17.8 mi
- Corodope Spring: 18.3 mi
- Windows on the Universe Center for Astronomy Outreach: 0.5 mi
- Tohono O'odham Nation Museum and Cultural Center: 16.7 mi
- King's Anvil Ranch: 6.7 mi
- Bee Mordka Property: 24.1 mi
- Brown Canyon Arch: 13.2 mi
- Santa Margarita Ranch: 19.9 mi
- Three Points Veterans Memorial Park: 17.8 mi
- Vopolo Havoka: 24.3 mi
- Jagiar Canyon Water Falls: 12.4 mi
- Rocky Point: 20.4 mi
- Titan II Missile Base #11: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kitt Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baboquivari Peak | S 179° | 2,358 m | 13.4 mi |
| Coyote Mountains | NE 55° | 1,991 m | 4.7 mi |
| La Jolla Peak | S 180° | 1,891 m | 14.3 mi |
| Keystone Peak | ESE 105° | 1,881 m | 23.3 mi |
| Samaniego Peak | E 99° | 1,814 m | 23.7 mi |
| Red Boy Peak | ESE 107° | 1,808 m | 23.6 mi |
| Placer Peak | ESE 104° | 1,801 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mildred Peak | S 179° | 1,670 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:52 | 18:25 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:50 | 17:27 |
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 | 42 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 58 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kitt Peak, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 6726 — Kitt Peak, Pima County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359247550
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