Skip to content

Mount Tipton

Mount Tipton, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tipton rises to 2,177 m in Arizona. Cherum Peak stands 2,127 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Arizona Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 22 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mount Tipton is a mountain in northwestern Arizona in the United States. With a summit elevation of 7,153 feet (2,180 m), it is the tallest mountain in the Cerbat Mountains which border Kingman on the north, and is the high point of the Mount Tipton Wilderness which comprises the entirety of the northern portion of the Cerbat Mountains. The community of Dolan Springs lies west at the base of Mount Tipton at the northwest side of the Cerbat Range.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6924123, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2177 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.53888, -114.19273

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Arizona Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Upper Indian Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Thompson Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Lower Indian Spring: 2.6 mi
Peaks: 25
  • Packsaddle Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Calico Peak: 6.7 mi
  • Silver Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Cherum Peak: 10.2 mi
  • Rocky: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 10
Parks: 7
  • Chloride Community Park: 8.7 mi
  • Neal Butler Park: 21.3 mi
  • Veterans Park: 21.6 mi
  • Canyon Shadows Neighborhood Park: 22.3 mi
  • Walleck Ranch Park: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Tipton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cherum PeakSSE 163°2,127 m10.2 mi
Iron MountainNNE 25°1,956 m23.5 mi
Packsaddle MountainSSE 164°1,955 m5.6 mi
Garnet MountainNNE 25°1,951 m20.1 mi
Stockton HillSSE 163°1,808 m14.8 mi
Black MesaE 84°1,728 m24.4 mi
Mount PerkinsW 277°1,660 m17.9 mi
Silver MountainSSE 164°1,613 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1518:49
June solstice05:2219:1819:56
September equinox06:2518:0218:35
December solstice07:4316:4917:28

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444753596979848376645143
Precip in1.01.00.60.50.10.10.90.91.00.70.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingman AP, 24 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359252600

More peaks in Arizona

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Mount Tipton.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens