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Campus Miniature Model

Campus Miniature Model from directly overhead

Campus Miniature Model is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,579 m. Mount Union stands 2,427 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bent of Tau Beta Pi, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Mingus Mountain Scenic Road passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Material
plastic

How to reach it

Coordinates34.61590, -112.45074

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Whipple Peak: 3.6 mi
  • Glassford Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Watson: 4.4 mi
  • Glassford Hill Summit: 4.7 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 5.3 mi
Springs
  • Mint Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Cowell Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Fireplace Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Pole Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Spence Creek Spring: 6.3 mi
Parks: 43
  • Heritage Park: 0.6 mi
  • C: 0.6 mi
  • Jim McCasland Willow Creek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Montana Estates Community Park: 1.6 mi
  • Watson Lake Park: 2.4 mi
Museums: 11
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 8
  • Granite Dells: 2.6 mi
  • Whiskey Row: 5.3 mi
  • Freedom Station Family Fun Center: 6.7 mi
  • Lynx Creek Gold Pan Day Use Area: 7.1 mi
  • Montimer Farms: 13.5 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 0.1 mi
  • Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 811: 0.1 mi
  • Upper Granite Creek Watershed: 5.2 mi
  • Cowboy at Rest: 5.3 mi
  • Native American statues: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Watson Wood Preserve: 3.1 mi
  • Granite Mountain Peregrine Closure: 6.6 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Healing Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Co-creation Garden: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 11.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Campus Miniature Model. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UnionS 169°2,427 m14.1 mi
Mount DavisSSE 167°2,407 m13.5 mi
Woodchute MountainENE 59°2,391 m18.2 mi
Mount TritleS 178°2,368 m13.8 mi
Moscow PeakSSE 168°2,343 m15.0 mi
Spruce MountainSSE 166°2,336 m10.9 mi
Granite BenchmarkWNW 285°2,325 m6.0 mi
Hickey MountainENE 69°2,310 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3418:0918:42
June solstice05:1819:0919:47
September equinox06:1917:5518:28
December solstice07:3416:4517:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404248546272777569584739
Precip in1.21.31.00.50.50.31.92.51.30.80.71.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prescott Love FLD, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10677123710

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