Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 1,695 m in Arizona. Smooth Knoll stands 2,118 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Volcanic Mountain, a peak 4.5 miles away. 23 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Arizona, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49085816, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,695 m
How to reach it
23 named places within 25 miles
- Volcanic Mountain: 4.5 mi
- South Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Stinking Springs Mountain: 5.7 mi
- North Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Mormon Hill: 15.3 mi
- Apache County Fairgrounds: 8.7 mi
- Saint Johns City Park: 9.2 mi
- St. Johns City Park: 9.6 mi
- Lions Park: 16.0 mi
- Lyman Lake State Park: 18.5 mi
- Prospect Spring: 14.8 mi
- Ceadro Spring: 22.3 mi
- Neilson Spring: 23.1 mi
- Wiltbank Spring: 24.2 mi
- Laguna Salada Spring: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smooth Knoll | SSW 209° | 2,118 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mesa Redonda | WSW 238° | 2,074 m | 23.1 mi |
| Concho Spring Knoll | SSW 212° | 2,049 m | 17.1 mi |
| Cerro Hueco | SSW 195° | 1,986 m | 21.8 mi |
| Little Mesa Redonda | WSW 245° | 1,966 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mormon Hill | SW 226° | 1,959 m | 15.3 mi |
| South Mountain | W 274° | 1,845 m | 5.7 mi |
| Stinking Springs Mountain | W 274° | 1,844 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:22 | 17:57 | 18:30 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 18:57 | 19:35 |
| September equinox | 06:07 | 17:43 | 18:16 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:33 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 40 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Johns, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359252879
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