Picketpost Mountain
Picketpost Mountain rises to 1,336 m in Arizona. Mound Mountain stands 1,904 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Conversation Point, a attraction 1.4 miles away. Gila-Pinal Scenic Road passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Picketpost Mountain is located just outside the town of Superior, Arizona approximately 40 miles (64 km) east of the Phoenix Metro Area. The summit stands at an elevation of 4,375 feet (1,133 meters) above sea level, with a prominence 2000 feet above its base. The mountain is located in the southern desert region of Tonto National Forest near, but not within the Superstition Mountains, and is popular with hikers. The mountain is known for an oddly placed mailbox at the top of the mountain, which contains the log books for the Picketpost Mountain Trail. The mountain's name stems from an early military camp established at the base of the mountain by General George Stoneman in 1870. The soldiers nicknamed the mountain “Picket Post” due to its use as a sentinel position to guard their camp from attacks. This military camp eventually grew into the town of Superior.
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Wikidata Q7190854, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1336 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
- 20.4 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
- 24.3 mi off the From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Weaver's Needle Lookout · 1 mi
- Observation Lookout · 1 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 2 mi
- Fish Creek Vista · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Magma Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Peak 3957: 4.8 mi
- Peak 4110: 4.9 mi
- Dromedary Peak: 5.6 mi
- Bell Butte: 5.7 mi
- Trough Spring: 2.6 mi
- Kennedy Spring: 10.3 mi
- Spencer Spring: 10.6 mi
- Pope Spring: 10.7 mi
- Upper Haunted Canyon Spring: 10.8 mi
- Superior Stadium: 3.2 mi
- Besich Park: 4.3 mi
- Black Spring: 10.0 mi
- Peralta Regional Park: 14.3 mi
- Superstition Mountain Monument: 17.3 mi
- Wallace Desert Garden: 1.4 mi
- Wing Memorial Herb Garden: 1.4 mi
- Yucca Forest: 1.4 mi
- Pistacia Grove: 1.4 mi
- South African Deserts Exhibit: 1.4 mi
- Arnett Ranch: 3.0 mi
- Reymert Ruins: 3.5 mi
- Woodpecker Mine: 3.7 mi
- Queens Station: 4.4 mi
- Martinez Mine: 6.2 mi
- Conversation Point: 1.4 mi
- Javelina Point: 1.4 mi
- Trails End: 1.5 mi
- The Grotto: 1.5 mi
- Aboriginal Seep: 1.5 mi
- Apache Leap: 5.1 mi
- The Funny Farm: 5.7 mi
- Kitty Pool: 5.7 mi
- Little England Wall: 5.7 mi
- Atlantis South Side: 5.8 mi
- Woman from the Fields: 1.4 mi
- Do You Hear What I Hear?: 1.4 mi
- Peaceful Little Ones: 1.5 mi
- The Ring of Life: 1.5 mi
- S: 4.0 mi
- Pinal City: 1.8 mi
- Reymert: 3.5 mi
- Cochran: 10.2 mi
- Ray: 10.6 mi
- Bellevue: 13.4 mi
- Boyce Thompson Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Kellner Group Picnic Site: 19.7 mi
- Captain Pass: 22.3 mi
- Boulder Picnic: 24.5 mi
- Dungeon Tour: 16.2 mi
- Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum: 18.6 mi
- Gila County Historical Museum: 23.4 mi
- Fish Beach: 24.9 mi
- Back Beach: 24.9 mi
- Poston Butte Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Massacre Falls: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Picketpost Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Mountain | N 4° | 1,904 m | 15.0 mi |
| White Mountain | N 355° | 1,844 m | 14.2 mi |
| Iron Mountain | N 357° | 1,838 m | 12.2 mi |
| Pinto Peak | N 9° | 1,800 m | 14.4 mi |
| Hutton Peak | ENE 62° | 1,704 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cimeron Mountain | N 352° | 1,690 m | 16.0 mi |
| Montana Mountain | N 1° | 1,685 m | 10.2 mi |
| Five Point Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,665 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:50 | 18:23 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
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 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 83 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Superior, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 32862 — Picketpost Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359270729
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