Yavapai Peak
Yavapai Peak rises to 1,254 m in Arizona. Maverick Mountain stands 2,267 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bells Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Joshua Forest Scenic Road passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,254 m
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Joshua Forest Scenic Road
- 56.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bells Spring: 0.6 mi
- Upper Cook Spring: 4.4 mi
- Brushy Spring: 8.6 mi
- Grasshopper Spring: 9.5 mi
- Tubb Spring: 9.8 mi
- Kirkland Peak: 3.2 mi
- Bismarck Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Ritter Peak: 6.7 mi
- Weaver Peak: 6.8 mi
- Martin Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Granite Mountain Hotshot Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Hotshots Fatality Site: 14.0 mi
- Sean Misner: 14.2 mi
- Grant McKee: 14.3 mi
- John Percin Jr.: 14.3 mi
- Lounce Lookout: 6.7 mi
- Flora May Park: 13.8 mi
- Yarnell Hill Fire Memorial Park: 13.9 mi
- Thumb Butte Park: 17.3 mi
- Tenderfoot Hill Park: 17.6 mi
- Jesus: 13.6 mi
- Upper Granite Creek Watershed: 19.0 mi
- Cowboy at Rest: 19.3 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 22.8 mi
- Campus Miniature Model: 22.9 mi
- Yarnell Fire 19 Spot: 12.1 mi
- Fatality Site: 14.0 mi
- Whiskey Row: 19.3 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 23.6 mi
- Granite Dells: 23.6 mi
- Sharlot Hall Museum: 19.1 mi
- Museum of Indigenous People: 20.0 mi
- Fort Whipple Museum: 20.4 mi
- Highlands Center for Natural History: 23.0 mi
- Phippen Museum of Western Art: 24.4 mi
- Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park: 14.7 mi
- Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 18.7 mi
- Watson Wood Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Groom Creek Schoolhouse Group Picnic Site: 19.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Lynx Lake - North Shore Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Sycamore Rim: 15.5 mi
- Owl Rocks: 21.1 mi
- Co-creation Garden: 19.1 mi
- Healing Garden: 19.1 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Yavapai Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maverick Mountain | E 89° | 2,267 m | 17.3 mi |
| West Spruce Mountain | NE 53° | 2,185 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Francis | ENE 72° | 2,167 m | 14.5 mi |
| Little Granite Mountain | NE 42° | 2,160 m | 17.3 mi |
| Dopper Peak | ENE 72° | 2,153 m | 14.2 mi |
| Porter Mountain | NE 55° | 2,151 m | 13.6 mi |
| Williams Peak | ENE 61° | 2,151 m | 14.4 mi |
| Two Rock Mountain | NE 45° | 2,101 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:10 | 19:47 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:56 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prescott, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359252018
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