Vineyard Canyon Picnic Area
Vineyard Canyon Picnic Area is a picnic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 659 m. Browns Peak stands 2,334 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Haigler Canyon Picnic Use 2, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 2.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
- 11.3 mi off the From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
- 25.7 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Apache Lake Vista · 10 mi
- Fish Creek Vista · 14 mi
- Roosevelt Diversion Dam · 15 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mills Road Seep: 1.0 mi
- Wildcat Seep: 1.3 mi
- Vineyard Spring: 1.8 mi
- Tuakay Hot Springs: 2.0 mi
- Chuckwalla Spring: 2.1 mi
- Vineyard Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Pico Derecho Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Henderson Mesa: 3.4 mi
- Peters Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Deer Hill: 4.2 mi
- Three Bar Wildlife Study Area: 3.0 mi
- Roosevelt Lake Wildlife Area: 3.0 mi
- Horse Pasture Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Windy Hill Recreation Site: 5.6 mi
- Salt River Bird Reservation: 6.9 mi
- Adams Camp: 10.7 mi
- Boyer Cabin: 10.9 mi
- El Oso Mine Camp: 12.0 mi
- Old Dynamite Shack: 12.9 mi
- Cline Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Inspiration Point: 1.5 mi
- Glendale Point: 4.1 mi
- The Jug: 8.3 mi
- Painted Cliffs: 10.2 mi
- Walls of Bronze: 12.9 mi
- Haigler Canyon Picnic Use 2: 0.0 mi
- Cottonwood Cove Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Burnt Corral Picnic: 5.1 mi
- Boulder Picnic: 18.1 mi
- Acacia Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
- Buckhorn Beach: 4.0 mi
- Fish Beach: 13.0 mi
- Back Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.8 mi
- Black Rock: 10.4 mi
- Desert Belle Cruises: 22.3 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 24.4 mi
- Peephole and Little Arch: 24.6 mi
- Workman Creek Falls: 16.6 mi
- Massacre Falls: 22.8 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Vineyard Canyon Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Peak | W 265° | 2,334 m | 8.4 mi |
| Brother Peak | W 263° | 2,329 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sister Peak | W 260° | 2,308 m | 8.8 mi |
| Amethyst Peak | WSW 259° | 2,293 m | 8.7 mi |
| Armer Mountain | NE 48° | 2,223 m | 13.0 mi |
| Tanner Peak | NE 45° | 2,106 m | 13.1 mi |
| Asbestos Point | ENE 71° | 2,021 m | 14.0 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,006 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:50 | 18:23 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:43 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 87 | 91 | 89 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roosevelt 1 S, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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