Lime Mountain
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.
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Wikidata Q6549127, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1211 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
- 13.2 mi off the From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
- 16.5 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Apache Lake Vista · 4 mi
- Fish Creek Vista · 8 mi
- Roosevelt Diversion Dam · 16 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Painted Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Inspiration Point: 9.6 mi
- Walls of Bronze: 10.2 mi
- Sheep Bend: 12.1 mi
- Dacite Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- 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
- Black Rock: 7.9 mi
- Peephole and Little Arch: 13.7 mi
- Celia Blaylock aka Mattie Earp Grave Site: 17.4 mi
- Quincho: 17.8 mi
- Australian Pavilion: 17.8 mi
- 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
- The Ring of Life: 18.0 mi
- Peaceful Little Ones: 18.0 mi
- Do You Hear What I Hear?: 18.0 mi
- Woman from the Fields: 18.0 mi
- S: 18.3 mi
- Buckhorn Beach: 7.3 mi
- Fish Beach: 10.4 mi
- Back Beach: 10.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.5 mi
- Pinal City: 18.1 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 18.5 mi
- Bellevue: 19.7 mi
- Reymert: 21.3 mi
- Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum: 20.0 mi
- Dungeon Tour: 20.8 mi
- Gila County Historical Museum: 23.9 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Peak | NW 321° | 2,334 m | 13.2 mi |
| Brother Peak | NW 320° | 2,329 m | 13.0 mi |
| Sister Peak | NW 318° | 2,308 m | 12.8 mi |
| Amethyst Peak | NW 318° | 2,293 m | 12.5 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | NW 324° | 2,006 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mound Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,904 m | 5.1 mi |
| White Mountain | S 180° | 1,844 m | 5.2 mi |
| Iron Mountain | S 175° | 1,838 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:50 | 18:23 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:43 | 17:21 |
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 | 50 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 87 | 91 | 89 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roosevelt 1 S, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359268209
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