Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area
Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area is a picnic site in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 2,329 m. Mount Union stands 2,427 m to the south, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. Mingus Mountain Scenic Road passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2329 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Mingus Mountain Scenic Road
- 52.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.7 mi off the Dry Creek Scenic Road
- 25.7 mi off the Jerome, Clarkdale, and Cottonwood Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Spruce Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bigelow Peak: 2.0 mi
- Smelter Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Davis: 2.5 mi
- Smith Ravine Spring: 1.1 mi
- Boundary Spring: 1.5 mi
- Hoot Owl Spring: 3.0 mi
- Deer Lick Spring: 3.0 mi
- Chaparral Spring: 3.2 mi
- Mount Union Recreational Area: 3.2 mi
- Mount Union Family Picnic Ground: 3.3 mi
- Goldwater Lake Park: 3.7 mi
- Acker Park: 5.9 mi
- Jefferson Park: 6.2 mi
- Prescott P: 5.6 mi
- Bicentennial Tree: 6.5 mi
- Yavapai County Service Flag: 6.6 mi
- Captain William O’Neill: 6.7 mi
- Statehood Tree: 6.7 mi
- Catoctin: 7.7 mi
- Alexandra: 14.8 mi
- Cleator: 16.0 mi
- Cordes: 17.4 mi
- Bradshaw City: 18.5 mi
- Cowboy at Rest: 6.6 mi
- Upper Granite Creek Watershed: 7.2 mi
- Policeman statue: 10.0 mi
- Native American statues: 10.0 mi
- Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 10.9 mi
- Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 4.8 mi
- Whiskey Row: 6.7 mi
- Granite Dells: 8.9 mi
- Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 9.3 mi
- Montimer Farms: 10.5 mi
- Highlands Center for Natural History: 4.3 mi
- Museum of Indigenous People: 6.4 mi
- Sharlot Hall Museum: 6.8 mi
- Fort Whipple Museum: 6.9 mi
- Phippen Museum of Western Art: 11.2 mi
- Groom Creek Schoolhouse Group Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
- Lynx Lake - North Shore Picnic Site: 4.3 mi
- Co-creation Garden: 7.1 mi
- Healing Garden: 7.1 mi
- Watson Wood Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 14.8 mi
- Sunset Point: 24.4 mi
- Promised Land: 24.4 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Sunset Point Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Spruce Mountain Lookout Family Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Union | S 181° | 2,427 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Davis | S 173° | 2,407 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Tritle | SW 216° | 2,368 m | 3.9 mi |
| Moscow Peak | S 174° | 2,343 m | 4.1 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NNW 347° | 2,336 m | 0.1 mi |
| Granite Benchmark | NW 325° | 2,325 m | 14.8 mi |
| Towers Mountain | S 173° | 2,324 m | 15.9 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | SSW 210° | 2,291 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:09 | 19:46 |
| September equinox | 06:18 | 17:55 | 18:28 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359279307
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