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Lime Mountain

Lime Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Lime Mountain rises to 1,211 m in Arizona. Browns Peak stands 2,334 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lime Mountain Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 3.6 miles off.

The story

Lime Mountain is a promontory on the eastern slopes of Castle Dome, a 5,308-foot (1,618 m) mountain, east of Scottsdale in the Superstition Wilderness and the Tonto National Forest.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6549127, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1211 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.53699, -111.18068

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Lime Mountain Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Cedar Basin Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Klondike Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Plow Saddle Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Winger Spring: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Castle Dome: 0.9 mi
  • Cimeron Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Two Bar Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Fish Creek Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Pinyon Mountain: 4.7 mi
Parks: 34
  • Three Bar Wildlife Area: 8.4 mi
  • Black Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Windy Hill Recreation Site: 10.7 mi
  • Salt River Bird Reservation: 11.2 mi
  • Three Bar Wildlife Study Area: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 31
  • Sonoran Desert Exhibit: 17.8 mi
  • South American Deserts Exhibit: 17.8 mi
  • Tropical Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Chihuahuan Desert Exhibit: 17.8 mi
  • Hummingbird and Butterfly Garden: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 25
Historic sites: 20
  • Fraser's Ranch: 3.5 mi
  • Circlestone: 4.9 mi
  • Tortilla Ranch (Abandoned): 7.3 mi
  • Old Dynamite Shack: 10.3 mi
  • Adams Camp: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 20
Picnic sites: 12
  • Burnt Corral Picnic: 6.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Cove Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Vineyard Canyon Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Haigler Canyon Picnic Use 2: 11.0 mi
  • Boulder Picnic: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Buckhorn Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Fish Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Back Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Massacre Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Workman Creek Falls: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Lime Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Browns PeakNW 321°2,334 m13.2 mi
Brother PeakNW 320°2,329 m13.0 mi
Sister PeakNW 318°2,308 m12.8 mi
Amethyst PeakNW 318°2,293 m12.5 mi
Buckhorn MountainNW 324°2,006 m10.4 mi
Mound MountainSSE 151°1,904 m5.1 mi
White MountainS 180°1,844 m5.2 mi
Iron MountainS 175°1,838 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:37
June solstice05:1619:0219:39
September equinox06:1417:5018:23
December solstice07:2616:4317:21

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687787918983726050
Precip in2.21.71.70.60.30.11.62.11.41.01.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roosevelt 1 S, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359268209

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