Pima Butte
Pima Butte rises to 506 m in Arizona. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Maricopa M, a attraction 0.2 miles away. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Pima Butte (Maricopa: Vii Vav) is a mountain summit in Pinal County, Arizona eight miles north of present-day Maricopa, Arizona. Pima Butte rises to 1,660 feet (510 meters) above sea level. As a significant landmark in the Gila Valley it was near the site of the 1857 Battle of Pima Butte, to which it gave its name.
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Wikidata Q7194571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 506 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Saint Francis Borgia Church: 2.1 mi
- Rocket to Stars: 10.9 mi
- Metal Art - Earth Element: 11.0 mi
- Great Eagle in Flight: 11.0 mi
- Fresh and Easy: 11.4 mi
- Villages Park: 5.4 mi
- Pacana Park: 6.5 mi
- Willow Community Park of Glennwilde: 6.8 mi
- Copper Sky Regional Park: 7.4 mi
- Sorrento Park 2: 8.0 mi
- Sundial: 11.8 mi
- Thermometer: 13.5 mi
- Dianoga: 13.5 mi
- Wall with Waves scultpure: 14.4 mi
- A Brief History of Technology: 16.3 mi
- Maricopa M: 0.2 mi
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 5.7 mi
- Edith House: 11.6 mi
- The Crayola Experience: 12.8 mi
- Mill of Madness: 17.7 mi
- Cremation Garden: 11.8 mi
- The Rover Vine: 16.6 mi
- The Learning Patch: 18.6 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 18.8 mi
- Outback Arbor: 18.9 mi
- Montezumas Head: 7.8 mi
- Lone Butte: 8.0 mi
- Sacaton Butte: 8.9 mi
- Gila Butte: 9.3 mi
- Montezuma Peak: 10.4 mi
- Huhugam Heritage Center: 7.8 mi
- Historic BIA Agent House: 8.5 mi
- Him-Dak Eco-Museum: 8.6 mi
- Chandler Museum: 12.6 mi
- Arizona Railway Museum: 13.7 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 12.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Tortoise Habitat: 15.8 mi
- Burrowing Owls Habitat: 16.0 mi
- Chaparral Habitat: 16.1 mi
- Orbital ATK Courtyard: 10.9 mi
- Break Area: 10.9 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 14.1 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 14.1 mi
- Fiesta Ramadas: 16.2 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Maricopa-Stanfield Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Chinese Wall: 13.5 mi
- Illinois: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pima Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | WNW 300° | 1,375 m | 17.3 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | WNW 285° | 1,313 m | 10.4 mi |
| Quartz Peak | WNW 296° | 1,235 m | 13.3 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,221 m | 12.7 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | WNW 299° | 1,113 m | 14.7 mi |
| Santan Mountain | E 84° | 949 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sevenmile Mountain | W 263° | 899 m | 11.7 mi |
| Sacaton Peak | ESE 116° | 835 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 88 | 93 | 92 | 86 | 73 | 60 | 51 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maricopa 4 N, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359249894
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