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Sentinel Plaza Gateway Park

Sentinel Plaza Gateway Park from directly overhead

Sentinel Plaza Gateway Park is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 716 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
rammed_earth,_tile,_and_concrete
Inscription
Installed in 2004, this site and its monumental forms create a presence of sentinels, testaments honoring the peoples living here in prehistoric times.
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.22113, -110.98107

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sentinel Plaza Gateway Park: 0.0 mi
  • Felix Lucero Garden of Gethsemane: 0.1 mi
  • Bonita Park: 0.1 mi
  • El Paso and Southwestern Greenway: 0.3 mi
  • Christopher Franklin Carroll Centennial Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 1.0 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Bactrian Summit: 3.9 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Pima Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 55
Gardens: 54
  • El Rio Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Mission Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Desert Survivors: 1.0 mi
  • Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 1.9 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Snob Hollow: 0.4 mi
  • Tucson Presidio: 0.5 mi
  • La Pilita Mural: 0.5 mi
  • Community Mural: 0.5 mi
  • Barrio Histórico District: 0.6 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 23
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 16.1 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 16.8 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 16.9 mi
  • Alcatraz: 16.9 mi
  • Sun Spot: 18.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Sentinel Plaza Gateway Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cathedral RockNE 35°2,425.64 m14.0 mi
Window PeakNE 34°2,277 m13.0 mi
Mount KimballNNE 29°2,213.56 m12.3 mi
Little KimballNNE 31°2,171 m12.0 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 31°2,037 m11.5 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNE 45°2,030.51 m14.1 mi
Prominent PointNNE 26°2,017.75 m11.1 mi
Finger GuardNNE 27°1,972.4 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0418:36
June solstice05:1918:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4717:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763697887888783736253
Precip in0.90.80.60.30.20.32.02.61.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6501307475

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