Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 1,042 m in Arizona. Harquahala Mountain stands 1,705 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont Mountain, a peak 7.2 miles away. Harquahala Mountain Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
Sugarloaf Mountain, of Arizona is the tallest peak in the arid, low elevation Hummingbird Springs Wilderness of northwest Maricopa County, and about 65 miles (105 km) west of Phoenix. It rises in the Tonopah Desert about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the Belmont Mountains. Hummingbird Springs Wilderness is just north of the Big Horn Mountains Wilderness. The two are separated only by a jeep trail that leads to Hummingbird Springs. The area's washes drain into the southwest-flowing Tiger Wash at the southeast of the Harquahala Mountains. Tiger Wash is a tributary wash in the central-upper regions of the southeast flowing Centennial Wash, a tributary to the Gila River.
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Wikidata Q7635007, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1042 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Harquahala Mountain Back Country Byway
58 named places within 25 miles
- Belmont Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Big Horn Peak: 7.3 mi
- Little Horn Peak: 8.4 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Little Bighorn Peak: 9.4 mi
- Bloom Park: 20.4 mi
- Windrose Park: 20.7 mi
- Sunflower Park: 20.7 mi
- Dahlia Park: 20.9 mi
- Poppy Park: 20.9 mi
- Belmont Arch: 8.2 mi
- Vulture Arch: 23.5 mi
- Eagletail Arch: 24.1 mi
- Pieta: 12.7 mi
- Saint Joseph: 12.8 mi
- Blessed Mother Mary: 12.8 mi
- Seep Spring: 16.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 17.0 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 18.2 mi
- Burnt Well Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Burnt Well Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Vulture Mine: 15.9 mi
- Vulture City: 20.2 mi
- Vulture City: 16.0 mi
- Wickenburg Massacre Historical Monument: 24.5 mi
- Red Cliff: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harquahala Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,705 m | 19.3 mi |
| Socorro Peak | WNW 284° | 1,132 m | 23.9 mi |
| Vulture Peak | NE 47° | 1,102 m | 20.2 mi |
| Black Butte | N 9° | 1,078 m | 11.6 mi |
| Big Horn Peak | SW 230° | 1,041 m | 7.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NE 39° | 1,028 m | 20.6 mi |
| Eagletail Peak | SW 218° | 1,005 m | 23.9 mi |
| Forepaugh Peak | N 358° | 964 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:58 | 18:30 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:50 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aguila, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359252151
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