Mount Ord
Mount Ord rises to 3,459 m in Arizona. Baldy Peak stands 3,477 m to the southeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Warren, a peak 1.9 miles away. White Mountain Scenic Road passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Mount Ord is a mountain summit located in the Tonto National Forest on the northeastern edge of Maricopa County, Arizona in the Mazatzal mountain range. Its height is 7,128 feet (2,173 m). The county line dividing Maricopa County, Arizona and Gila County, Arizona passes across the summit of the peak. Mount Ord is not to be confused with the peak of Mount Baldy, Arizona, located in Apache County and also referred to by some sources as "Mount Ord". Mount Ord is named after Major General Edward Ord. The top of Mount Ord is home to a collection of communications towers. The mountain is popular with birdwatchers because its geography and habitat attract a concentration of all of the species of mountain warbler birds that exist in Arizona, including the Virginia's, Black-throated Gray, Grace's, Olive, and Painted Redstart—the only location in central Arizona where these conditions exist.
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Wikidata Q6922595, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3459 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the White Mountain Scenic Road
- 17.7 mi off the White River Scenic Road
- 22.6 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Warren: 1.9 mi
- Paradise Butte: 2.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Tiger Butte: 2.8 mi
- Sunrise Peak: 2.9 mi
- Apache Spring: 6.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.4 mi
- Phelps Spring: 6.5 mi
- Voigt Spring: 6.5 mi
- Kessay Spring: 6.6 mi
- Sunrise Park: 5.4 mi
- Diamond Creek Campsite Number Four: 6.0 mi
- Paradise Park Youth Camp: 6.2 mi
- Shush Bezahze Campgrounds: 10.7 mi
- Rock Creek Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Amberon Point: 9.3 mi
- Point of the Mountain: 17.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 19.3 mi
- Sevenmile Rim: 24.0 mi
- Bog Tank Picnic Ground: 10.5 mi
- Public Viewing Area: 21.7 mi
- Butterfly Lodge Museum: 10.5 mi
- Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum: 22.9 mi
- Naegle Ranch: 18.1 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Mount Ord. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Peak | SE 132° | 3,477 m | 3.3 mi |
| Paradise Butte | S 180° | 3,398 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Thomas | ESE 120° | 3,372 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Warren | SE 135° | 3,359 m | 1.9 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | ENE 65° | 3,243 m | 2.9 mi |
| Diamond Butte | SW 221° | 3,234 m | 3.1 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | WSW 258° | 3,155 m | 2.0 mi |
| Tiger Butte | W 278° | 3,100 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:23 | 17:57 | 18:30 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| September equinox | 06:07 | 17:44 | 18:17 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:36 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 58 | 56 | 52 | 43 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunrise MTN, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 32550 — Mount Ord, Apache County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359270277
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