Friends of Catalina State Park
Friends of Catalina State Park is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 827 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the east, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buster Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 12 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 12 mi
- Windy Point · 12 mi
- Geology Vista · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buster Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Table Tooth: 2.9 mi
- Table Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bighorn Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mount Kimball: 3.7 mi
- Buster Spring: 1.6 mi
- Cargodera Spring: 3.0 mi
- Pima Spring: 3.2 mi
- Wooden Trough Spring: 3.6 mi
- Samaniego Spring: 4.3 mi
- Steam Pump Ranch: 2.8 mi
- Catalina Vista Recreation Center: 3.1 mi
- Wildlife Ridge Park: 3.6 mi
- Desert Oasis Recreation Center: 4.2 mi
- Sunset Park: 4.2 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon Park: 4.0 mi
- Upper Cañada del Oro: 6.2 mi
- Santa Catalina Research Natural Area: 6.3 mi
- Tucson Audubon Society: 7.9 mi
- Faul Preservation Area: 8.7 mi
- Artisan Center: 3.6 mi
- Dream It, Then Do It: 5.0 mi
- Soccer Ball: 5.1 mi
- Baseball: 5.1 mi
- Baseball: 5.1 mi
- Victor Romero Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
- Children's Garden: 7.3 mi
- Sin Agua Garden: 7.3 mi
- Ethbotanical Garden: 7.3 mi
- Spanish Colonial Courtyard: 7.3 mi
- The Window: 4.4 mi
- Geology Wall: 7.3 mi
- Crested Saguaro: 7.4 mi
- Incinerated Ridge: 11.3 mi
- Tall Wall: 11.3 mi
- Catalina Mountain School: 3.1 mi
- Arizona Heroes Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Catalina Camp: 9.4 mi
- Sun Circle: 10.4 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 10.5 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 7.2 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 7.3 mi
- H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 11.1 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 11.1 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 11.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Loma Linda Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Sykes Knob Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 1.9 mi
- Seven Falls: 10.4 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 11.4 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 18.9 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 19.8 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 3.8 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 12.4 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 12.4 mi
- Alcatraz: 12.5 mi
- Sun Spot: 14.1 mi
- American Flag: 15.3 mi
- Tiger: 23.5 mi
- Redington: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Friends of Catalina State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | E 80° | 2,794 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | E 93° | 2,606.6 m | 11.3 mi |
| Kellogg Mountain | E 94° | 2,561.41 m | 11.6 mi |
| Marshall Peak | E 91° | 2,530 m | 8.2 mi |
| Spencer Peak | E 92° | 2,493 m | 9.6 mi |
| Leopold Point | E 95° | 2,460 m | 12.3 mi |
| Syke Knob | E 87° | 2,426 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | SE 125° | 2,425.64 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 18:58 | 19:35 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:49 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
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 | 49 | 50 | 56 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 67 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catalina SP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7036783810
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 15 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 27 mi
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