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Cliff Spring

Cliff Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cliff Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,237 m. Mount Tipton stands 2,177 m to the south, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Cane Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 23 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.57922, -114.18326

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 25
  • Mount Tipton: 2.8 mi
  • Packsaddle Mountain: 8.2 mi
  • Calico Peak: 9.6 mi
  • Table Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Silver Hill: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 6
Parks: 4
  • Chloride Community Park: 11.5 mi
  • Neal Butler Park: 23.5 mi
  • Veterans Park: 24.4 mi
  • Canyon Shadows Neighborhood Park: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TiptonS 191°2,177 m2.8 mi
Cherum PeakSSE 169°2,127 m12.8 mi
Iron MountainNNE 27°1,956 m20.8 mi
Packsaddle MountainS 173°1,955 m8.2 mi
Garnet MountainNNE 27°1,951 m17.4 mi
Stockton HillSSE 167°1,808 m17.3 mi
Black MesaE 90°1,728 m23.7 mi
Mount PerkinsW 268°1,660 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1518:49
June solstice05:2219:1819:56
September equinox06:2518:0118:35
December solstice07:4316:4917:28

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444753596979848376645143
Precip in1.01.00.60.50.10.10.90.91.00.70.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingman AP, 26 mi away.

  • California Buckwheat1 obs
  • Baker Kingcup Cactus1 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/2006086749

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