Twin Butte
Twin Butte rises to 398 m in Arizona. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tempe Municipal Stadium, a park 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085796, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 398 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Tempe Municipal Stadium: 0.2 mi
- Peterson Park: 0.9 mi
- Svob Park: 1.2 mi
- Nevitt Park: 1.3 mi
- Clark Park: 1.4 mi
- Bell Butte: 0.4 mi
- Hayden Butte: 2.7 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 4.0 mi
- Papago Buttes: 4.4 mi
- Two Peaks: 4.5 mi
- Axe Adventures: 1.0 mi
- Mill of Madness: 1.6 mi
- Pillar of Knowledge: 2.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 2.4 mi
- Galapagos Tortoise: 3.4 mi
- Revolution: 2.2 mi
- Opportunity (reflection): 2.2 mi
- Snake Skin Boots With Snake Heads: 2.2 mi
- Southwestern Pieta: 2.2 mi
- Tryst Marker: 2.2 mi
- Pueblo Grande: 3.0 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 3.1 mi
- Pueblo Grande Ball Court: 3.1 mi
- Tovrea Castle: 3.1 mi
- old stone houses: 3.5 mi
- The Learning Patch: 2.3 mi
- Secret Garden: 2.4 mi
- Life Sciences Courtyard: 2.6 mi
- Conversion Space: 3.6 mi
- Chihuahuan Selection: 3.6 mi
- Arizona State University Art Museum: 2.3 mi
- Pixypros Selfie Museum: 2.7 mi
- Tempe History Museum: 2.7 mi
- S'edav Va'aki Museum: 3.0 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 3.3 mi
- Ramada #1: 2.7 mi
- Ramada #2=: 2.7 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Ramada #5: 2.9 mi
- Ramada #6: 2.9 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 2.7 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 5.9 mi
- Chinese Wall: 6.1 mi
- Coon Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 21.5 mi
- Morrells Wall: 21.9 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.4 mi
- Illinois: 8.6 mi
- Mountain Spring: 20.5 mi
- Marinette: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Twin Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | WSW 243° | 1,375 m | 19.9 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SW 221° | 1,313 m | 19.9 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SW 231° | 1,235 m | 19.1 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 27° | 1,230 m | 19.8 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SW 230° | 1,221 m | 18.6 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 29° | 1,214 m | 19.1 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 26° | 1,196 m | 21.4 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 26° | 1,192 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359252870
Day trips start here
- Guadalupe · 2 mi
- Tempe · 4 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 6 mi
- Scottsdale · 7 mi
- Mesa · 9 mi
- Phoenix · 9 mi
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