Mountain · Phoenix Mountains · Arizona

Camelback Mountain

825 m2,706 ft

Prominence: 406 m1,333 ft
Isolation: 18 km
Tonight: 59°FClear · Wind 0–5 mph WNW

Camelback Mountain is an 825 m (2,706 ft) mountain in the Phoenix Mountains, Arizona, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 825 m · 2,706 ft
Nearest higher peak: Thompson Peak (1,214 m)
Range: Phoenix Mountains
Region: Arizona, United States
Protected area: Echo Canyon Park
Coordinates: 33.5148° N, 111.9616° W

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3D map

Camelback Mountain 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Camelback Mountain terrain and contours

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Camelback Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Camelback Mountain weather

Tonight · Clear · 59°F (15°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph WNW

Camelback Mountain forecast for the summit, about 426 m.

Tonight59°1%0–5 mph WNW
Sat57°76°3%0–5 mph S
Sun59°79°–0–5 mph N
Mon61°83°–0–5 mph NE
Tue63°84°–0–5 mph SE
Wed64°84°10%0–5 mph ESE
Thu65°82°31%0–5 mph SE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Camelback Mountain

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Camelback Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
1.1 km S
+2 more within 1.2 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
Tatum Boulevard Trailhead
5.8 km NNW
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	1.1 km S
Parking	1.2 km SE
Parking	1.2 km SSW
Tatum Boulevard TrailheadTrailhead	5.8 km NNW

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

89.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

5.9%

Steep, 30–45°

4.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.7%

Steeper than 30°: 5.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 459 m low point 365 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 46.2%Trees 30.6%Shrubland 12.9%Bare rock / sparse 7.0%Grassland 2.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 462 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Saguaro276
Common Chuckwalla185
Gambel's Quail101
Brittlebush90
Creosote Bush74
Great-tailed Grackle67

Where it sits

Where Camelback Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Avra Valley132 km SSE

Downloads

Camelback Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCamelback Mountain satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-09.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 824 m at the summit; the official height is 825 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 38 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	825 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	825 m	0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	824 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	808 m	-17 m
Copernicus GLO-90	787 m	-38 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-09)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Camelback Mountain

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

Data sources