Santa Cruz Gateway
Santa Cruz Gateway is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 711 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Menlo Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1992
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 17 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 18 mi
- Molino Canyon Vista · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Menlo Park: 0.4 mi
- El Paso and Southwestern Greenway: 0.4 mi
- Estevan Park: 0.5 mi
- Bonita Park: 0.6 mi
- Felix Lucero Garden of Gethsemane: 0.6 mi
- Tumamoc Desert Laboratory: 1.2 mi
- Sentinel Peak Park: 1.4 mi
- Painted Hills Natural Resource Park: 1.6 mi
- Linear Park: 2.1 mi
- Tumamoc Hill: 2.1 mi
- Sentinel Peak: 1.4 mi
- Tumamoc Hill: 1.7 mi
- Tolson Peak: 2.9 mi
- Enchanted Peak: 3.3 mi
- Bactrian Summit: 3.5 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 9.5 mi
- Pima Spring: 11.9 mi
- Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 12.2 mi
- Rock Ledge Spring: 12.8 mi
- Barrel Spring: 13.0 mi
- Bike Church: 0.4 mi
- Mesquite Garden Archway: 0.6 mi
- Sentinel Plaza Gateway Park: 0.7 mi
- Solar Tower: 0.8 mi
- Desert O: 0.8 mi
- Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 0.5 mi
- El Rio Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Mission Garden: 1.1 mi
- Desert Survivors: 1.6 mi
- Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 1.9 mi
- Snob Hollow: 0.6 mi
- Tucson Presidio: 0.8 mi
- Goddess of Agave: 0.9 mi
- Miracle Mile Historic District: 1.1 mi
- La Pilita Mural: 1.2 mi
- J. Knox Corbett House: 0.7 mi
- Tucson Museum of Art: 0.8 mi
- La Casa Cordova: 0.8 mi
- Presidio San Agustin Del Tucson: 0.8 mi
- Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum: 0.9 mi
- N.E. Corner Adobe Wall of Spanish Presidio of Tucson: 0.8 mi
- January 8th Memorial: 0.8 mi
- JFK Memorial Plaque: 0.8 mi
- Battle of the Bulge: 0.8 mi
- Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 12.4 mi
- Seven Falls: 14.2 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 17.8 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 19.3 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 19.3 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 15.6 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 16.8 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 16.8 mi
- Alcatraz: 16.8 mi
- Sun Spot: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Santa Cruz Gateway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | NE 38° | 2,794 m | 18.6 mi |
| Marshall Peak | NE 43° | 2,530 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | NE 38° | 2,425.64 m | 13.7 mi |
| Window Peak | NE 37° | 2,277 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Kimball | NNE 31° | 2,213.56 m | 11.9 mi |
| Little Kimball | NE 34° | 2,171 m | 11.6 mi |
| Gorp Peak | NE 34° | 2,037 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | NE 47° | 2,030.51 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 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/9799393965
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 5 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 28 mi
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