Pinnacle Peak
Pinnacle Peak rises to 905 m in Arizona. Kentuck Mountain stands 1,527 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Trail Maintenance Tool Box, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 27 miles off.
The story
Pinnacle Peak is a granite summit located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The peak rises to an elevation of 3,169 feet (966 m). It is located within the 150-acre (61 ha) Pinnacle Peak Park, operated by the City of Scottsdale Park District. Part of the Sonoran Desert, the park is home to a variety of native desert flora and fauna. Hikers utilize a 1.75 mile trail to explore the area, though rock climbing skills are needed to reach the summit.
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Wikidata Q7196306, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 905 m
How to reach it
- 27.0 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Trail Maintenance Tool Box: 0.3 mi
- Bunny Rock: 2.5 mi
- Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 3.9 mi
- Water Tank: 4.3 mi
- Balanced Rock: 4.5 mi
- Mountain Spring: 4.5 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 8.6 mi
- Blue Mountain Spring: 9.7 mi
- Flemming Spring: 10.8 mi
- Gold Hill Spring: 11.3 mi
- Crescent Butte Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Troon Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Cone Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Brown's Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Lone Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Foundation: 5.8 mi
- iron statue: 10.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River: 12.7 mi
- Corral: 13.5 mi
- George "Doc" Cavalliere Park: 1.4 mi
- Florence Ely Nelson Desert Park: 2.3 mi
- Sonoran Hills Park: 3.5 mi
- Arroyo Park: 3.7 mi
- Homestead Park: 3.7 mi
- The Potted Plant Inc.: 7.4 mi
- Desert Defenders Native Seed Garden: 11.0 mi
- Xeric Garden: 11.0 mi
- Fountain Hills Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 14.4 mi
- Penske Racing Museum: 6.4 mi
- Cave Creek Museum: 8.5 mi
- River Of Time Museum: 11.9 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 11.9 mi
- Scottsdale Railroad Museum: 13.6 mi
- Mountains and Rainbows: 5.6 mi
- Impulsion: 6.6 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes & Saint Bernadette Grotto: 8.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge: 11.0 mi
- The Big Derailment: 13.6 mi
- Ironwood Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Palo Verde Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Needle Rock Picnic: 11.6 mi
- Kiwanis Ramada: 12.3 mi
- Chuparosa Ramada: 12.3 mi
- Pinnacle Peak Park: 0.3 mi
- Black Mountain Summit Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Carefree Galloway Wash Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Coroline Bartol Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 4.6 mi
- Morrells Wall: 4.6 mi
- Sven Slab: 4.7 mi
- Coon Bluff: 17.5 mi
- West Point: 19.1 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Pinnacle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentuck Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,527 m | 13.7 mi |
| Quien Sabe Peak | N 356° | 1,486 m | 14.4 mi |
| Maverick Butte | NNE 16° | 1,475 m | 15.5 mi |
| Butte Peak | N 1° | 1,470 m | 11.6 mi |
| Bronco Butte | N 357° | 1,461 m | 12.0 mi |
| Black Mesa | NNW 334° | 1,430 m | 15.2 mi |
| Skull Mesa | N 351° | 1,405 m | 14.0 mi |
| Gold Hill | N 3° | 1,385 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:45 | 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 | 53 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 84 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 72 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacle Peak, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270865
Day trips start here
- Fountain Hills · 12 mi
- Scottsdale · 16 mi
- Phoenix · 19 mi
- Mesa · 21 mi
- Tempe · 22 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 23 mi
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