Sheep Saddle Picnic Area
Sheep Saddle Picnic Area is a picnic site in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 2,215 m. Blue Peak stands 2,827 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Engineer Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2215 m
How to reach it
- On the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the White Mountain Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Engineer Spring: 0.8 mi
- Strayhorse Spring: 2.8 mi
- Tercer Springs Number Two: 3.5 mi
- Tercer Springs Number Three: 3.6 mi
- Donothing Spring: 3.7 mi
- Telephone Mesa: 2.1 mi
- Rose Peak: 3.0 mi
- Robinson Mesa: 4.9 mi
- Brigham Peak: 5.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Baldy Bill Point: 5.8 mi
- Turtle Rock: 9.9 mi
- Devils Washboard: 14.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 15.2 mi
- Burke Point: 16.5 mi
- H L Saddle Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- HL Saddle Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Sardine Saddle Family Picnic: 18.8 mi
- Sardine Saddle Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Cherry Lodge Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Crabtree Park: 5.1 mi
- Upper Juan Miller Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Granville Recreation Area: 20.3 mi
- Chitty Falls: 4.1 mi
- Sardine Falls: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Sheep Saddle Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Peak | NE 39° | 2,827 m | 7.0 mi |
| Burke Point | NNE 33° | 2,774 m | 15.1 mi |
| Rose Peak | S 177° | 2,677 m | 3.0 mi |
| Gobbler Point | NNW 335° | 2,673 m | 11.8 mi |
| Whiterocks Mountain | E 86° | 2,673 m | 19.1 mi |
| Indian Peak | NE 45° | 2,627 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ENE 75° | 2,612 m | 13.6 mi |
| W S Mountain | E 80° | 2,563 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:22 | 17:57 | 18:29 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| September equinox | 06:06 | 17:43 | 18:16 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:36 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 44 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Black RVR Pumps, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359288289
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