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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.

About

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,211 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.53699, -111.18068

Overlooks nearby

Around it

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: 33
  • 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: 6
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
On the horizon

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 PeakNW2,334 m13.2 mi
Brother PeakNW2,329 m13.0 mi
Sister PeakNW2,308 m12.8 mi
Amethyst PeakNW2,293 m12.5 mi
Buckhorn MountainNW2,006 m10.4 mi
Mound MountainSSE1,904 m5.1 mi
White MountainS1,844 m5.2 mi
Iron MountainS1,838 m7.2 mi
Conditions

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 50–80 °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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359268209

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