Dixon Spring
Dixon Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 485 m. Summit Peak stands 1,308 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Thumb Butte, a peak 0.9 miles away. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
How to reach it
50 named places within 25 miles
- Thumb Butte: 0.9 mi
- Thumb Peak: 2.6 mi
- Castle Dome Peak: 7.3 mi
- Black Hills: 7.8 mi
- Red Bluff Mountain: 13.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 1.8 mi
- Natural Arch: 1.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 2.3 mi
- Natural Arch: 4.8 mi
- Natural Arch: 21.6 mi
- Kofa Game Range: 18.4 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 21.5 mi
- Butterfield Park: 22.3 mi
- Halo Street Park: 22.6 mi
- Westside Park: 22.7 mi
- Fillibusters Camp: 21.7 mi
- Polaris: 21.8 mi
- Peterman's Station: 21.9 mi
- Castle Dome Landing: 22.4 mi
- Dome: 23.3 mi
- Castle Dome Mine Museum: 6.8 mi
- Military Tanks and Ground Artillery Display: 21.4 mi
- KOFA Pronghorn Protected Area: 15.8 mi
- Quigley Wildlife Area: 19.9 mi
- Big Eye Mine: 3.4 mi
- Hoodoo Peak: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dixon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | N 2° | 1,308 m | 24.5 mi |
| Old Smokey Mountain | N 4° | 1,307 m | 24.0 mi |
| Castle Dome Peak | NNW 329° | 1,151 m | 7.3 mi |
| Polaris Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,099 m | 22.4 mi |
| Thumb Peak | NW 326° | 1,007 m | 2.6 mi |
| Kofa Butte | NNE 24° | 973 m | 21.4 mi |
| Kofa Mountains | NNE 17° | 842 m | 24.3 mi |
| High Peak | NNW 340° | 808 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 18:02 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:57 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 87 | 93 | 93 | 86 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yuma 27 ENE, 13 mi away.
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit1 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/2006097644
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