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McGuireville Rest Area

McGuireville Rest Area from directly overhead

McGuireville Rest Area is a rest area in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,152 m. Apache Maid Mountain stands 2,227 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. Red Rock Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.67378, -111.77266

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Winter Cabin Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Soda Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Russell Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Lander Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Hance Spring: 8.1 mi
Peaks
  • Russell Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Sacred Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • White Hills: 5.0 mi
  • White Mesa: 5.0 mi
  • Middle Schroeder Butte: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 26
Parks: 24
  • Heritage Park: 7.8 mi
  • Rezzonico Family Park: 8.5 mi
  • Windmill Park: 8.8 mi
  • Red Rock State Park: 10.0 mi
  • Crescent Moon Ranch: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 20
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Gardens: 3
  • Rotary Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Arroyo Pinon Botanical Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Community Garden: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • McGuireville Rest Area: 0.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Devil's Bridge: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of McGuireville Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Apache Maid MountainENE 74°2,227 m13.1 mi
Munds MountainNNE 15°2,084 m13.2 mi
Hog HillE 81°2,042 m10.5 mi
Big HillESE 104°2,015 m12.3 mi
Lee MountainNNE 17°2,009 m10.8 mi
Oak HillE 99°2,007 m12.3 mi
SugarloafESE 108°1,955 m14.1 mi
Round MountainENE 67°1,929 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0618:39
June solstice05:1519:0719:44
September equinox06:1617:5218:25
December solstice07:3116:4217:21

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434753606876828174635042
Precip in1.41.31.10.50.40.21.52.11.51.00.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montezuma Castle NM, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/954663096

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