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Bike Church

Bike Church from directly overhead

Bike Church is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 717 m. Marshall Peak stands 2,530 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Alene Dunlap Smith Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
Installed in 2009 by Creative Machines as a monument to fallen cyclists, past and future. It was commissioned by the Tucson Pima Arts Council Teaching Artist Grant. In 2014 a park was created around the sculpture and both are open to the public.
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.22968, -110.97818

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • El Paso and Southwestern Greenway: 0.3 mi
  • Estevan Park: 0.4 mi
  • Christopher Franklin Carroll Centennial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.5 mi
  • El Presidio Plaza: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 3.6 mi
  • Bactrian Summit: 3.9 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Pima Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 0.3 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Mission Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 1.5 mi
  • Krutch Garden: 1.6 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Snob Hollow: 0.3 mi
  • Tucson Presidio: 0.5 mi
  • Goddess of Agave: 0.5 mi
  • Butterfly Mural: 0.8 mi
  • Community Mural: 1.0 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 24
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 15.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 16.4 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 16.4 mi
  • Alcatraz: 16.4 mi
  • Sun Spot: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Bike Church. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marshall PeakNE 42°2,530 m18.2 mi
Cathedral RockNE 36°2,425.64 m13.4 mi
Window PeakNE 35°2,277 m12.4 mi
Rose PeakNE 55°2,214 m18.4 mi
Mount KimballNNE 30°2,213.56 m11.7 mi
Little KimballNNE 32°2,171 m11.4 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 32°2,037 m10.9 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNE 46°2,030.51 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0418:36
June solstice05:1918:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763697887888783736253
Precip in0.90.80.60.30.20.32.02.61.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13396168177

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