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Arizona Spring

Arizona Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Arizona Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,944 m. Whiterocks Mountain stands 2,673 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Section Twenty-nine Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.31488, -109.06499

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Section Twenty-nine Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Gavilan Number One Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Bullard Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Webster Spring: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Parks: 15
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Sardine Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Chitty Falls: 24.6 mi
Museums: 2
  • Mogollon Museum: 16.4 mi
  • Greenlee County Historical: 22.6 mi
Attractions: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Arizona Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiterocks MountainN 5°2,673 m13.0 mi
W S MountainN 358°2,563 m14.6 mi
Maple PeakNW 316°2,527 m3.1 mi
Red MountainNW 307°2,489 m15.5 mi
Coalson PeakWSW 258°2,404 m2.3 mi
Horse MountainN 349°2,387 m12.4 mi
Bullard PeakWNW 302°2,354 m1.0 mi
Auger PeakNNW 339°2,337 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5619:28
June solstice06:0819:5320:30
September equinox07:0518:4219:14
December solstice07:1716:3517:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404348546271757368584740
Precip in1.41.30.90.40.70.63.02.82.01.31.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood, 11 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs75.412212785.331.67.121.743.538.554.237.148.8

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Blue River Near Clifton, Az., 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • bajada lupine1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2006084356

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