Pioneer Park Grotto
Pioneer Park Grotto is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 378 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Park Rose Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
- 29.8 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Park Monument: 0.0 mi
- Quackers: 0.5 mi
- Teaching Children Since 1878: 0.6 mi
- The Builder: 0.6 mi
- Mesa Musical Shadows: 0.6 mi
- Pioneer Park: 0.1 mi
- Temple Square: 0.2 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.2 mi
- Stapley Park: 0.5 mi
- Plaza at Mesa City Center: 0.6 mi
- Engine 2355: 0.1 mi
- King Ben's Castle: 2.2 mi
- Scarizona Scaregrounds: 3.1 mi
- Simply Smashing: 5.1 mi
- JP's Comedy Club: 6.1 mi
- Mesa Grande Cultural Park: 1.9 mi
- Mesa Monument: 2.4 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 3.3 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Peace Pole: 3.5 mi
- Hayden Butte: 6.8 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 7.8 mi
- The Peak: 7.8 mi
- Papago Buttes: 8.3 mi
- Bell Butte: 8.6 mi
- Pioneer Park Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Mesa Urban Garden: 0.4 mi
- Brinton Desert Botanical Garden: 2.1 mi
- Outback Arbor: 3.4 mi
- The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College: 3.4 mi
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum: 0.7 mi
- Arizona Museum of Natural History: 0.8 mi
- idea Museum: 0.9 mi
- Zarco Guerrero: 2.2 mi
- Mesa Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
- Public Viewing Area: 6.1 mi
- Ramada #5: 7.4 mi
- Ramada #6: 7.4 mi
- Ramada #2=: 7.4 mi
- Ramada #1: 7.5 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 9.3 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
- Usery Mountain Regional Park: 12.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Coon Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Chinese Wall: 14.1 mi
- Blue Point: 17.4 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 18.4 mi
- Morrells Wall: 18.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 17.7 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 19.2 mi
- Hackberry Spring: 22.5 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 23.6 mi
- Second Water Spring: 24.3 mi
- Illinois: 5.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 22.9 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 19.3 mi
- Massacre Falls: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Pioneer Park Grotto. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | N 3° | 1,240 m | 18.3 mi |
| McDowell Peak | N 0° | 1,230 m | 16.8 mi |
| Thompson Peak | N 2° | 1,214 m | 15.8 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | N 1° | 1,196 m | 18.4 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | N 359° | 1,192 m | 16.9 mi |
| Dome Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,009 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pass Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,007 m | 13.7 mi |
| Santan Mountain | SSE 159° | 949 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:25 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:46 | 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 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6120338791
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