Mount Wilson
Mount Wilson rises to 1,663 m in Arizona. Bonelli Peak stands 1,601 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildhorse Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mount Wilson is a mountain in Mohave County, Arizona, U.S. At 5,456 feet (1,663 m), it is the second highest point of the Black Mountains after Mount Perkins. Mount Wilson Wilderness is a 23,900-acre protected wilderness area centered around the mountain, established in 1990 under the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act and managed by the Bureau of Land Management. This desert wilderness includes eight miles of the Wilson Ridge and is surrounded by the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
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Wikidata Q22058701, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,663 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Bitter Springs Back Country Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
- 29.9 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hemenway Valley Park: 12.3 mi
- Celebration Park: 12.4 mi
- Wilbur Square: 12.5 mi
- Xeriscape Park: 13.4 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 13.5 mi
- Fortification Hill: 5.1 mi
- Black Butte: 5.7 mi
- Paint Pots: 6.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Promontory Point: 7.4 mi
- Slot Canyons: 5.3 mi
- Liberty Bell Arch: 6.4 mi
- Boneyard of Hoover Dam: 7.7 mi
- Willow Beach Scenic Overlook: 7.9 mi
- (unknown object): 13.2 mi
- Wildhorse Spring: 0.7 mi
- Nevada Hot Spring: 4.7 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 14.3 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 15.1 mi
- Davis Spring: 16.5 mi
- Hoover Dam: 7.2 mi
- Memorial to Hoover Dam Dead: 7.2 mi
- Hoover Dam Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Hoover Dam Mascot Memorial: 7.3 mi
- High Scaler Statue: 7.3 mi
- Hemenway Wall: 7.8 mi
- Burro Point: 8.2 mi
- Stewart Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Big Gypsum Ledges: 12.1 mi
- The Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Winged Figures of the Republic: 7.2 mi
- It All Starts Here.: 20.5 mi
- Rock Lizards: 21.8 mi
- Smiley Face Rock Art: 22.0 mi
- Gas Can/Chainwheel/Bullet Art: 22.1 mi
- Arizona Hot Springs: 6.8 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 6.8 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 7.3 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 7.7 mi
- Rioville: 15.9 mi
- White Hills: 21.5 mi
- El Dorado City: 23.0 mi
- Lucky Jim Camp: 23.0 mi
- South Beach: 10.2 mi
- Boulder Beach: 10.4 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 10.7 mi
- Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum: 12.6 mi
- Tom Devlin's Monster Museum: 13.5 mi
- Clark County Museum: 18.6 mi
- Boulder City Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Victory Garden: 18.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 24.3 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 22.3 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 12.3 mi
- Redstone Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Wilson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonelli Peak | ENE 62° | 1,601 m | 22.8 mi |
| Muddy Peak | NNW 348° | 1,590 m | 21.3 mi |
| Senator Mountain | SE 124° | 1,562 m | 19.8 mi |
| Peak 4928 | WSW 258° | 1,502 m | 24.8 mi |
| Arden Peak | W 262° | 1,322 m | 24.4 mi |
| Peak 4163 | W 263° | 1,269 m | 23.8 mi |
| Black Hill | W 262° | 1,245 m | 18.8 mi |
| Frenchman Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,236 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:21 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:03 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:49 | 17:29 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 82 | 92 | 97 | 96 | 88 | 76 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willow Beach, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 13890 — Mount Wilson, Mohave County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359253598
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