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Poston Butte

Poston Butte, a peak in Arizona
Poston Butte, a peak in ArizonaMarine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Poston Butte, a peak in Arizona
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Poston Butte, a peak in Arizona
Aznaturalist · CC BY-SA 3.0
Poston Butte, a peak in Arizona
Aznaturalist · CC BY-SA 3.0
Poston Butte, a peak in Arizona
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Poston Butte rises to 529 m in Arizona. Newman Peak stands 1,368 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Poston Butte Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Gila-Pinal Scenic Road passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

Poston Butte, formerly called Primrose Hill, is a hill located along Hunt Highway in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona, United States, near the eastern end of the Santan Mountains. Geologically, it is characterized by basalts overlying altered granite. This hill is noted for having the pyramidal tomb of Charles Debrille Poston at its summit. Poston lobbied President Lincoln and Congress to create the Territory of Arizona and was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs because of his familiarity with the Native populations of the area. The tomb can be accessed by a 0.6-mile (0.97 km) trail starting from the trailhead near Hunt Highway.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q14951208, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
529 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.05506, -111.40873

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Highway Park: 2.4 mi
  • East Park: 8.0 mi
  • North Park: 8.1 mi
  • Kenilworth Sports Complex: 8.1 mi
  • Walker Park: 8.3 mi
Peaks
  • Walker Butte: 6.2 mi
  • Cholla Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Black Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Picture Rocks: 7.6 mi
  • Dozer Hill: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 35
Historic sites: 31
Artworks: 18
Attractions: 17
  • Cottonwood Canyon Petroglyph Site: 14.3 mi
  • Mineral Mountain Rock Waterfall: 14.4 mi
  • Schnepf Farms: 15.8 mi
  • Pirate's Assault Catapault: 18.2 mi
  • Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace: 18.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Trough Spring: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Poston Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Newman PeakS 179°1,368 m23.2 mi
Teapot MountainENE 66°1,367 m24.2 mi
Picketpost MountainNE 46°1,336 m20.1 mi
Sleeping Beauty MountainENE 64°1,332 m24.3 mi
Peak 4110ENE 58°1,252.728 m16.9 mi
Granite MountainENE 71°1,232 m23.3 mi
Peak 3957ENE 57°1,206.094 m16.8 mi
Buzzard RoostNNE 19°1,111 m23.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0518:38
June solstice05:1819:0219:38
September equinox06:1517:5118:24
December solstice07:2616:4617:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555764707887929085746354
Precip in1.40.91.20.30.40.01.21.10.30.40.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Florence, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 9682 — Poston Butte, Pinal County, Arizona.

OpenStreetMap element node/359250064

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