Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 775 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Learning Tree, a artwork 0.9 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 16 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 16 mi
- Windy Point · 16 mi
- Geology Vista · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverfront Park: 1.1 mi
- Desert Vista Common Area C Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
- La Cholla Estates Common Area B Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Naranja Park: 1.5 mi
- Copper Creek Neighborhood Park: 1.8 mi
- Pusch Peak: 3.7 mi
- The Cleaver: 4.1 mi
- Bighorn Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Rosewood Point: 4.9 mi
- Table Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Mason Center: 3.8 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon Park: 4.6 mi
- Countryside Vistas: 5.8 mi
- Ina Silverbell Parcel: 6.6 mi
- Silverbell Hills Estates: 6.7 mi
- Pima Spring: 6.2 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 6.2 mi
- Buster Spring: 6.2 mi
- Cargodera Spring: 8.5 mi
- Wooden Trough Spring: 9.1 mi
- The Learning Tree: 0.9 mi
- Bighorn: 1.0 mi
- Baseball: 1.9 mi
- Baseball: 1.9 mi
- Soccer Ball: 1.9 mi
- Victor Romero Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 3.9 mi
- Desert Palm Oasis: 3.9 mi
- Children's Garden: 4.0 mi
- Spanish Colonial Courtyard: 4.0 mi
- Crested Saguaro: 4.0 mi
- Geology Wall: 4.0 mi
- Rio Grande Steel Sided Caboose 01433: 8.1 mi
- The Window: 8.1 mi
- Mural No tell Motel: 9.9 mi
- Arizona Heroes Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Saguarohenge: 6.2 mi
- Sun Circle: 6.5 mi
- Catalina Mountain School: 6.7 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 9.0 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 4.1 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 7.9 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 8.0 mi
- H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 9.1 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Seven Falls: 13.9 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 15.8 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 22.1 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 22.8 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 4.5 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 16.3 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 16.4 mi
- Alcatraz: 16.4 mi
- Sun Spot: 18.3 mi
- American Flag: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Joshua Tree. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | ENE 75° | 2,794 m | 12.5 mi |
| Marshall Peak | E 81° | 2,530 m | 13.4 mi |
| Spencer Peak | E 83° | 2,493 m | 14.8 mi |
| Syke Knob | E 80° | 2,426 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | E 94° | 2,425.64 m | 8.9 mi |
| Samaniego Peak | ENE 64° | 2,312 m | 11.6 mi |
| Marble Peak | ENE 70° | 2,297 m | 15.6 mi |
| Window Peak | E 99° | 2,277 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:50 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 88 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 60 | 52 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tohono Chul, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9882250104
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 14 mi
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