The Hole
The Hole is a spring in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,300 m. Maple Peak stands 2,527 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Frisco Camp Picnic Site, a picnic site 1.8 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1300 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chase Creek Overlook Observation Site · 13 mi
- Red Mountain Overlook Observation Site · 19 mi
- Blue Vista Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dix Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Table Top Mesa: 2.1 mi
- Burro Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Antelope Mesa: 2.5 mi
- Lightning Mesa: 2.5 mi
- Blue Holes Spring: 2.8 mi
- Rock Basin Spring: 2.8 mi
- Shake Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 3.2 mi
- White Rock Spring: 3.4 mi
- Blackbridge Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Upper Juan Miller Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Riverview Park: 13.6 mi
- Granville Recreation Area: 13.6 mi
- Degrazia Park: 13.7 mi
- Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 1.8 mi
- Sardine Saddle Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Sardine Saddle Family Picnic: 13.3 mi
- Cherry Lodge Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- H L Saddle Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Evans Point: 10.2 mi
- Final Point: 12.6 mi
- Windy Point: 22.7 mi
- Turtle Rock: 23.0 mi
- Morenci Southern Railway: 15.1 mi
- Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 18.5 mi
- OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER: 19.1 mi
- Graves: 21.4 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 18.4 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 18.6 mi
- Sardine Falls: 7.4 mi
- Shovel: 12.1 mi
- Greenlee County Historical: 12.4 mi
- Stargo: 14.4 mi
- Gillard Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of The Hole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Peak | NNE 13° | 2,527 m | 11.9 mi |
| Coalson Peak | NNE 16° | 2,404 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mitchell Peak | WNW 282° | 2,388 m | 13.0 mi |
| Bullard Peak | NNE 22° | 2,354 m | 10.7 mi |
| Charlie Moore Mountain | NNE 12° | 2,325 m | 12.8 mi |
| Webster Mountain | NNE 25° | 2,285 m | 11.0 mi |
| Maverick Hill | SSE 153° | 2,280 m | 11.8 mi |
| McMullen Peak | SSE 151° | 2,271 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 19:53 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:36 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Denver).
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, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 75.4 | 122 | 127 | 85.3 | 31.6 | 7.1 | 21.7 | 43.5 | 38.5 | 54.2 | 37.1 | 48.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Blue River Near Clifton, Az., 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Arizona sycamore21 obs
- canyon wild grape4 obs
- great mullein3 obs
- netleaf hackberry3 obs
- Arizona alder3 obs
- Greater Earless Lizard2 obs
- blue water-speedwell2 obs
- Sacred Datura2 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2006093525
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