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Schlechts Butte

Schlechts Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Schlechts Butte rises to 537 m in Arizona. Ironview Peak stands 1,531 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Reef, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in Arizona, United States of America

Wikidata Q49071776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
537 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.50831, -111.68880

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunset Park: 1.2 mi
  • Red Mountain Ranch Community Park: 1.4 mi
  • Harriet Tubman Parke: 1.8 mi
  • Red Rock Park: 1.9 mi
  • Trailhead Parke: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Boeing Veteran's Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Jim Hart Memorial Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Camp Lehi Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Balbir Singh Sodhi: 6.2 mi
  • Memorial Crypts: 6.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Springs
  • Cottonwood Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Mountain Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Hackberry Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Agua Chiquita Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Hidden Water Spring: 15.6 mi
Gardens: 56
Museums: 36
Picnic sites: 35
Nature reserves: 18
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 4
  • Sandy Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Illinois: 15.1 mi
  • Back Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Fish Beach: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Massacre Falls: 14.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Schlechts Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ironview PeakESE 109°1,531 m14.6 mi
The FlatironESE 110°1,419 m14.4 mi
East EndNNW 332°1,240 m13.5 mi
McDowell PeakNW 325°1,230 m12.8 mi
Thompson PeakNW 323°1,214 m11.8 mi
Tom's ThumbNNW 330°1,196 m13.9 mi
Drinkwater PeakNW 323°1,192 m13.1 mi
Dome MountainE 93°1,009 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0618:39
June solstice05:1819:0419:41
September equinox06:1617:5218:25
December solstice07:2816:4517:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545762697887929185756354
Precip in1.41.31.30.30.20.10.81.30.80.60.71.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fountain Hills, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 34133 — Schlechts Butte, Maricopa County, Arizona.

OpenStreetMap element node/359272608

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