South Mountain
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
- 0.8 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 15.3 mi off the White Mountain Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Snow Shoe Spring: 0.6 mi
- Bear Spring: 0.7 mi
- Joes Spring: 2.5 mi
- Upper Beaver Spring: 2.6 mi
- Willimans Valley Spring: 2.8 mi
- 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
- Burke Point: 10.5 mi
- Devils Washboard: 13.4 mi
- Point of the Mountain: 17.9 mi
- Tige Rim: 19.3 mi
- Amberon Point: 20.4 mi
- Dangerous Park: 18.2 mi
- Crabtree Park: 21.5 mi
- Butterfly Lodge Museum: 21.0 mi
- Casa Malpais Archaeological Park & Museum: 22.1 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 22.2 mi
- Public Viewing Area: 22.5 mi
- Chitty Falls: 23.9 mi
- Elfego Baca Monument: 24.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escudilla Mountain | NNE 14° | 3,326 m | 9.3 mi |
| Escudilla Lookout | NNE 17° | 3,315 m | 8.7 mi |
| Wahl Knoll | NW 313° | 2,967 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pat Knoll | NW 316° | 2,929 m | 13.2 mi |
| Noble Mountain | NNW 343° | 2,919 m | 5.2 mi |
| Rudd Knoll | NW 313° | 2,918 m | 15.5 mi |
| Pat Knoll | NW 319° | 2,891 m | 13.5 mi |
| Pool Knoll | WNW 301° | 2,883 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:21 | 17:56 | 18:29 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| September equinox | 06:06 | 17:42 | 18:15 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:34 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 63 | 61 | 56 | 47 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
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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