Mesquite Garden Archway
Mesquite Garden Archway is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 714 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Felix Lucero Garden of Gethsemane, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2016
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 18 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 18 mi
- Molino Canyon Vista · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Felix Lucero Garden of Gethsemane: 0.0 mi
- Bonita Park: 0.1 mi
- Sentinel Plaza Gateway Park: 0.1 mi
- El Paso and Southwestern Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Christopher Franklin Carroll Centennial Park: 0.4 mi
- Sentinel Peak Park: 0.9 mi
- Tumamoc Desert Laboratory: 1.2 mi
- West Branch Santa Cruz: 2.0 mi
- Tumamoc Hill: 2.0 mi
- Painted Hills Natural Resource Park: 2.0 mi
- Sentinel Peak: 0.9 mi
- Tumamoc Hill: 1.5 mi
- Tolson Peak: 2.8 mi
- Enchanted Peak: 3.1 mi
- Bactrian Summit: 3.8 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 9.9 mi
- Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 12.3 mi
- Pima Spring: 12.3 mi
- Rock Ledge Spring: 12.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 13.1 mi
- Sentinel Plaza Gateway Park: 0.1 mi
- Be Kind: 0.3 mi
- Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 0.4 mi
- Solar Tower: 0.5 mi
- Exchange at the Presidio - The Mormon Battalion Enters Tucson: 0.5 mi
- El Rio Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mission Garden: 0.6 mi
- Desert Survivors: 1.0 mi
- Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 1.9 mi
- Snob Hollow: 0.5 mi
- Tucson Presidio: 0.6 mi
- La Pilita Mural: 0.6 mi
- Community Mural: 0.6 mi
- Barrio Histórico District: 0.7 mi
- J. Knox Corbett House: 0.5 mi
- Tucson Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- La Casa Cordova: 0.5 mi
- Presidio San Agustin Del Tucson: 0.6 mi
- Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum: 0.7 mi
- Battle of the Bulge: 0.5 mi
- JFK Memorial Plaque: 0.5 mi
- January 8th Memorial: 0.5 mi
- N.E. Corner Adobe Wall of Spanish Presidio of Tucson: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 12.9 mi
- Seven Falls: 14.4 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 17.9 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 19.2 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 19.2 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 16.1 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 16.9 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 16.9 mi
- Alcatraz: 16.9 mi
- Sun Spot: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Mesquite Garden Archway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral Rock | NE 35° | 2,425.64 m | 14.0 mi |
| Window Peak | NE 35° | 2,277 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Kimball | NNE 29° | 2,213.56 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Kimball | NNE 32° | 2,171 m | 12.0 mi |
| Gorp Peak | NNE 31° | 2,037 m | 11.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | NE 45° | 2,030.51 m | 14.1 mi |
| Prominent Point | NNE 27° | 2,017.75 m | 11.1 mi |
| Finger Guard | NNE 27° | 1,972.4 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:04 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:50 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
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 | 54 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 78 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 83 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9714688403
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 5 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 28 mi
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