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Burnt Well Rest Area

Burnt Well Rest Area from directly overhead

Burnt Well Rest Area is a rest area in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 386 m. Black Butte stands 1,078 m to the north, 23 miles off. Harquahala Mountain Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates33.51952, -113.07006

55 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31
  • Burnt Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Saddle Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Big Horn Peak: 7.7 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 11.0 mi
  • Belmont Mountain: 11.7 mi
Parks: 11
  • Tartesso Community Sports Park: 21.0 mi
  • Roundabout Park #2: 21.1 mi
  • Bloom Park: 21.5 mi
  • Windrose Park: 21.7 mi
  • Sunflower Park: 21.7 mi
Artworks: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Belmont Arch: 10.5 mi
  • Eagletail Arch: 15.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Seep Spring: 24.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Arlington Volcano: 22.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Vulture City: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Natural Arch: 25.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burnt Well Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButteN 8°1,078 m22.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 6°1,042 m11.0 mi
Big Horn PeakNW 324°1,041 m7.7 mi
Eagletail PeakWSW 239°1,005 m15.7 mi
Saddle MountainSSE 163°925 m5.8 mi
Burnt MountainNNW 345°889 m2.1 mi
Courthouse RockWSW 257°866 m17.1 mi
Anvil MountainWSW 245°842 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:1118:44
June solstice05:2419:0919:46
September equinox06:2117:5818:31
December solstice07:3316:5117:29

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/954501883

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