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South Mountain

South Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

South Mountain rises to 2,899 m in Arizona. Escudilla Mountain stands 3,326 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Snow Shoe Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Arizona, United States of America

Wikidata Q49075915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2899 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.82700, -109.16674

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gobbler Point: 0.8 mi
  • Tenney Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Tenny Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Noble Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Indian Peak: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Parks: 2
Museums: 2
  • Butterfly Lodge Museum: 21.0 mi
  • Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Madonna of the Trail: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Public Viewing Area: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Chitty Falls: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Escudilla MountainNNE 14°3,326 m9.3 mi
Escudilla LookoutNNE 17°3,315 m8.7 mi
Wahl KnollNW 313°2,967 m16.7 mi
Pat KnollNW 316°2,929 m13.2 mi
Noble MountainNNW 343°2,919 m5.2 mi
Rudd KnollNW 313°2,918 m15.5 mi
Pat KnollNW 319°2,891 m13.5 mi
Pool KnollWNW 301°2,883 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2117:5618:29
June solstice05:0718:5519:31
September equinox06:0617:4218:15
December solstice07:1916:3417:13

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313338435058636156473831
Precip in1.31.10.90.50.70.83.94.32.31.61.21.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 25380 — South Mountain, Apache County, Arizona.

OpenStreetMap element node/359261222

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