Red Rock Spring
Red Rock Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,142 m. Mound Mountain stands 1,904 m to the west, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Burro Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Gila-Pinal Scenic Road passes 8.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
- 9.3 mi off the From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
- 11.5 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Apache Lake Vista · 12 mi
- Roosevelt Diversion Dam · 13 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 14 mi
- Weaver's Needle Lookout · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burro Spring: 0.3 mi
- Cuff Button Spring: 0.5 mi
- Bootlegger Spring: 0.6 mi
- Oak Spring: 0.6 mi
- Case Knife Spring: 1.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Pinto Peak: 3.2 mi
- J K Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Apache Hill: 3.5 mi
- Granite Mountain: 3.6 mi
- South American Deserts Exhibit: 14.0 mi
- Upland Sonoran Desert Natural Area: 14.0 mi
- Chihuahuan Desert Exhibit: 14.0 mi
- Sonoran Desert Exhibit: 14.1 mi
- Cactus and Succulent Garden: 14.1 mi
- Black Spring: 6.5 mi
- Bullion Plaza Park: 11.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 12.1 mi
- The Hole: 12.2 mi
- Besich Park: 12.2 mi
- Circlestone: 4.1 mi
- Fraser's Ranch: 5.5 mi
- Tony Ranch: 5.6 mi
- Wood Camp Miner's Cabin: 6.8 mi
- Tortilla Ranch (Abandoned): 13.7 mi
- The Summit: 9.4 mi
- The Pond: 10.9 mi
- Kitty Pool: 11.3 mi
- Little England Wall: 11.3 mi
- Atlantis South Side: 11.3 mi
- Three Crosses: 11.9 mi
- "M" Hill: 11.9 mi
- Peephole and Little Arch: 12.6 mi
- Celia Blaylock aka Mattie Earp Grave Site: 13.1 mi
- Quincho: 14.0 mi
- Burnt Corral Picnic: 13.4 mi
- Boyce Thompson Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Cottonwood Cove Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Kellner Group Picnic Site: 16.4 mi
- Haigler Canyon Picnic Use 2: 17.0 mi
- S: 13.0 mi
- The Ring of Life: 14.2 mi
- Woman from the Fields: 14.2 mi
- Do You Hear What I Hear?: 14.3 mi
- Peaceful Little Ones: 14.3 mi
- Bellevue: 11.8 mi
- Pinal City: 13.8 mi
- Reymert: 18.5 mi
- Ray: 20.1 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 24.4 mi
- Buckhorn Beach: 14.2 mi
- Fish Beach: 18.3 mi
- Back Beach: 18.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 24.0 mi
- Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum: 11.9 mi
- Gila County Historical Museum: 16.1 mi
- Dungeon Tour: 23.4 mi
- Massacre Falls: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Red Rock Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mound Mountain | W 274° | 1,904 m | 4.2 mi |
| White Mountain | W 266° | 1,844 m | 6.7 mi |
| Iron Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,838 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pinto Peak | W 262° | 1,800 m | 3.2 mi |
| Webster Mountain | E 99° | 1,759 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hutton Peak | SSE 157° | 1,704 m | 10.5 mi |
| Cimeron Mountain | W 279° | 1,690 m | 7.7 mi |
| Montana Mountain | SW 230° | 1,685 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:50 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:43 | 17:21 |
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 | 53 | 56 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 83 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Superior, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 34.7 | 36.4 | 20.5 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 7.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pinto Creek Near Miami, AZ, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Bushtit1 obs
- Chipping Sparrow1 obs
- Sonoran Coralsnake1 obs
- Greater Earless Lizard1 obs
- purple owl's-clover1 obs
- Brownplume Wirelettuce1 obs
- Black Witch1 obs
- Sleepy Orange1 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/2006092521
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