Maricopa Peak
Maricopa Peak rises to 769 m in Arizona. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the west-southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is San Juan Lookout, a historic site 1.1 miles away. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Arizona, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49047964, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 769 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- San Juan Lookout: 1.1 mi
- Lost Ranch: 1.6 mi
- Cesar Chavez Memorial: 3.1 mi
- old stone houses: 7.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 8.1 mi
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 8.0 mi
- Mill of Madness: 8.7 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 9.3 mi
- Tea House: 9.4 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 9.6 mi
- Southern Hills Community Park: 2.0 mi
- Citrus Mountain Estates Park: 2.1 mi
- Las Ramadas Picnic Ground: 2.3 mi
- Tierra Montana Passage Community Park: 2.8 mi
- Ma-Ha Tuak Park: 2.9 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 9.4 mi
- Dry Garden: 9.4 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 9.7 mi
- Bio Garden: 10.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 10.7 mi
- Cesar Chavez: 3.1 mi
- Infinite Possibilities: 3.2 mi
- Our Lade of Guadlupe: 5.0 mi
- El Espiritu del Desierto: 6.4 mi
- A Brief History of Technology: 6.4 mi
- Goat Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Suappoa: 3.3 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 3.9 mi
- Two Peaks: 5.9 mi
- Lone Butte: 7.2 mi
- Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center: 6.8 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 8.3 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 8.5 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 8.8 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 8.8 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 2.9 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 2.9 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Ramada #2=: 11.1 mi
- Fiesta Ramadas: 11.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 6.8 mi
- Tres Rios Wetlands: 9.5 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 11.7 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Chinese Wall: 4.5 mi
- Illinois: 15.9 mi
- Marinette: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maricopa Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | WSW 246° | 1,375 m | 9.9 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 202° | 1,313 m | 11.0 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SW 221° | 1,235 m | 9.3 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SW 217° | 1,221 m | 8.9 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SW 230° | 1,113 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sevenmile Mountain | SSW 202° | 899 m | 15.3 mi |
| Camelback Mountain | NE 37° | 825 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Suappoa | E 89° | 814 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 81 | 90 | 94 | 93 | 88 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laveen 3 SSE, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359254515
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 8 mi
- Guadalupe · 10 mi
- Phoenix · 13 mi
- Tempe · 14 mi
- Chandler · 16 mi
- Scottsdale · 16 mi
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