Butcher Knife Spring
Butcher Knife Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,460 m. Rose Peak stands 2,677 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Butcherknife Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 18.1 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Butcherknife Spring: 0.8 mi
- Whitethorn Spring: 0.8 mi
- Tule Springs: 1.1 mi
- Box Spring: 1.4 mi
- Dark Spring: 2.9 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sunflower Mesa: 3.6 mi
- Grey Peak: 4.0 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 4.7 mi
- Enebro Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Granville Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Upper Juan Miller Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Degrazia Park: 14.0 mi
- County Ball fields: 15.0 mi
- Sumitomo Park: 15.1 mi
- HL Saddle Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- H L Saddle Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Sardine Saddle Family Picnic: 5.8 mi
- Cherry Lodge Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Sardine Saddle Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Final Point: 6.7 mi
- Evans Point: 12.3 mi
- Nantac Rim: 19.6 mi
- Baldy Bill Point: 23.9 mi
- Sardine Falls: 11.7 mi
- Chitty Falls: 22.9 mi
- Stargo: 12.1 mi
- Greenlee County Historical: 14.8 mi
- Shovel: 14.9 mi
- Morenci Southern Railway: 17.1 mi
- Gillard Hot Spring: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Butcher Knife Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Peak | NNE 21° | 2,677 m | 16.7 mi |
| Telephone Mesa | NNE 20° | 2,562 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mitchell Peak | E 87° | 2,388 m | 6.2 mi |
| Willow Mountain | NNW 338° | 2,379 m | 18.4 mi |
| Grey Peak | ENE 75° | 2,277 m | 4.0 mi |
| Enebro Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,262 m | 5.5 mi |
| Coronado Mountain | SE 144° | 2,253 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bryce Mountain | SW 220° | 2,219 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:22 | 17:57 | 18:30 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| September equinox | 06:07 | 17:43 | 18:16 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:37 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 84 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clifton, 15 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jan, Mar–Apr, Aug — fullest in Mar, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 46.2 | 29.3 | 50.1 | 30.7 | 21.2 | 19.2 | 23.5 | 39.5 | 25.8 | 21.2 | 19.0 | 35.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Eagle Creek NR Double Circle Ranch, NR Morenci, AZ, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Bighorn Sheep1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2006086113
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