Mummy Mountain
Mummy Mountain rises to 616 m in Arizona. East End stands 1,240 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Barry Goldwater Memorial, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mummy Mountain is a mountain situated in Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States. The slopes of the mountain incorporate primarily suburban residential development while the upper summit areas are conservation sites. Camelback Inn has been located on the southern slope since 1936. As the only part of the Phoenix Mountains not held within the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, portions of Mummy Mountain are protected by the Mummy Mountain Preserve Trust and the town of Paradise Valley.
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Wikidata Q8529365, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 616 m
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Barry Goldwater Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Crucifix: 2.6 mi
- USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River: 4.2 mi
- Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 4.4 mi
- The Praying Monk: 1.7 mi
- Dixie Peak: 1.9 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 3.4 mi
- Phoenix Mountains: 3.5 mi
- McCormick Stillman Railroad Park: 2.2 mi
- East Lawn: 2.6 mi
- West Lawn: 2.6 mi
- Jokake Grounds: 2.8 mi
- 32nd Street Trailhead: 3.0 mi
- The Big Derailment: 2.3 mi
- Industrial Pipe Wave: 2.9 mi
- One-Eyed Jack: 3.8 mi
- Jack Knife: 4.0 mi
- The Yearlings: 4.1 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 3.0 mi
- Lovely Bride: 4.0 mi
- Bam Kazam: 4.3 mi
- Starfire Golf Club: 4.4 mi
- Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 5.0 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 3.4 mi
- Putting Green: 4.8 mi
- Scottsdale Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Desert Botanical Garden Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- South Scottsdale Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Scottsdale Railroad Museum: 2.3 mi
- Model Railroad Building: 2.3 mi
- Shemer Art Center: 2.7 mi
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West: 4.0 mi
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: 4.2 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 5.6 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 6.6 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 6.6 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 6.6 mi
- Pima Area 4: 6.7 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Mountain Spring: 12.0 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 20.7 mi
- Jims Spring: 21.8 mi
- Apache Spring: 22.1 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 23.1 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 13.1 mi
- Morrells Wall: 13.5 mi
- Sven Slab: 14.1 mi
- Chinese Wall: 14.8 mi
- Coon Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Illinois: 15.8 mi
- Marinette: 18.3 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Mummy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NE 44° | 1,240 m | 13.2 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 46° | 1,230 m | 11.5 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 51° | 1,214 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 42° | 1,196 m | 12.9 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 44° | 1,192 m | 11.3 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,060 m | 13.8 mi |
| Brown's Mountain | NNE 22° | 991 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | ENE 66° | 935 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 89 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 8438 — Mummy Mountain, Maricopa County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359248948
Day trips start here
- Scottsdale · 3 mi
- Phoenix · 7 mi
- Tempe · 9 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 10 mi
- Guadalupe · 12 mi
- Mesa · 12 mi
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