Yellow Jacket Spring
Yellow Jacket Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,277 m. Hutch Mountain stands 2,598 m to the north-northeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bottle Butte, a peak 1.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 32 miles off.
How to reach it
- 31.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 19.7 mi off the Red Rock Scenic Byway, National
- 20.6 mi off the Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Road
- 21.4 mi off the Dry Creek Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bell Rock Pathway / Vista · 20 mi
- Courthouse Vista · 20 mi
- Yavapai Vista · 21 mi
- Schnebly Hill Vista Observation Site · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bottle Butte: 1.5 mi
- Jackson Butte: 2.1 mi
- Landmark Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bill Back Butte: 2.6 mi
- Mahan Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Bottle Spring: 1.6 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 3.0 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 3.0 mi
- Schell Spring: 3.5 mi
- Mahan Spring: 3.6 mi
- Bass Point: 15.9 mi
- Deadwood Point: 16.3 mi
- Jacks Point: 17.1 mi
- Landslide (Impassable): 18.6 mi
- Mogollon Rim: 18.7 mi
- Potato Patch Park: 8.2 mi
- Forked Pine Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Jordan Historical Park: 21.7 mi
- Battle of Big Dry Wash Historical Marker: 21.9 mi
- Bike Skills Park: 22.7 mi
- Buckhorn Ranch: 12.0 mi
- Kinnikinnick Pueblo: 13.6 mi
- Nuvakwewtaqa Ruins: 15.7 mi
- Battle of Big Dry Wash Historical Monument: 17.5 mi
- Lazy T-7 Ranch: 18.9 mi
- Playa Ponderosa: 19.2 mi
- White Line: 20.1 mi
- Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village: 21.3 mi
- Pink Jeep Tours, Inc.: 21.4 mi
- Bull Pen Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Grasshopper Point Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Midgley Bridge Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Encinoso Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Crescent Moon Picnic Site: 22.9 mi
- Lake Mary Boat Landin: 23.6 mi
- Wet Beaver Wilderness: 11.2 mi
- West Clear Creek Wilderness: 14.9 mi
- Coconino National Forest: 15.3 mi
- Munds Mountain Wilderness: 16.8 mi
- Fossil Springs Wilderness: 21.0 mi
- McGuireville Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- McGuireville Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Camp Geronimo central restroom: 23.1 mi
- Rotary Community Garden: 20.5 mi
- Arroyo Pinon Botanical Garden: 24.1 mi
- Burro: 21.3 mi
- Red Rocks and the Cowboy Artist: 21.4 mi
- Sedona Heritage Museum: 21.8 mi
- Pine-Strawberry Museum: 24.5 mi
- Devil's Bridge: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Yellow Jacket Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutch Mountain | NNE 20° | 2,598 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mormon Mountain | NNW 342° | 2,579 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mahan Mountain | NNE 21° | 2,512 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ENE 72° | 2,428 m | 4.3 mi |
| Jones Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,417 m | 4.3 mi |
| Lake Mountain | NW 307° | 2,390 m | 5.7 mi |
| Gash Mountain | NNW 326° | 2,357 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bill Back Butte | WNW 298° | 2,356 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:51 | 18:24 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:40 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 57 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Happy Jack RS, under a mile away.
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine10 obs
- Black-headed Grosbeak7 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco5 obs
- Western Bluebird4 obs
- White-breasted Nuthatch4 obs
- White-lined Sphinx4 obs
- great mullein4 obs
- Plateau Fence Lizard4 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/2006095886
Day trips start here
- Mormon Lake Village · 14 mi
- Sedona · 21 mi
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