Artwork · Arizona
Setting up the Competition
Setting up the Competition is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 341 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Steele Indian School Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates33.49914, -112.06947
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Steele Indian School Park: 0.1 mi
- Lyceum Park: 0.8 mi
- Idylwilde Park: 0.9 mi
- Longview Park: 1.0 mi
- Tawa Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
- High Flight: 0.2 mi
- William G. Hartranft: 2.0 mi
- Phoenix Cancer Survivors: 2.4 mi
- An Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Mayors’ Tree: 2.7 mi
Artworks
- Beyond What We Were: 1.1 mi
- Woman: 2.5 mi
- Freeway Pot: 2.5 mi
- Shachi: 2.7 mi
- Kasuga-Doro: 2.7 mi
Attractions
- Tea House: 2.6 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 2.7 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 4.1 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 4.1 mi
- Majestic Mariposas: 7.6 mi
Peaks
- Piestewa Peak: 4.4 mi
- Phoenix Mountains: 4.5 mi
- Veterans Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Dixie Peak: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 59
- Entry Garden: 0.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
- Bio Garden: 1.6 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 1.6 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
Museums: 43
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 3.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Phoenix: 3.4 mi
- Rosson House Museum: 3.4 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 3.4 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Quechan Area 7: 5.7 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 5.7 mi
- Pima Area 4: 5.8 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 5.8 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 5.5 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 9.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Chinese Wall: 11.0 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 19.7 mi
- Morrells Wall: 20.1 mi
- Sven Slab: 20.7 mi
- Coon Bluff: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Mountain Spring: 18.6 mi
- Jims Spring: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Marinette: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 1
- Illinois: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Setting up the Competition. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 218° | 1,375 m | 19.8 mi |
| East End | NE 51° | 1,240 m | 19.9 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 207° | 1,235 m | 20.8 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 53° | 1,230 m | 18.2 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,221 m | 20.5 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 56° | 1,214 m | 17.9 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 50° | 1,196 m | 19.5 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 52° | 1,192 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8777748420
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 1 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 4 mi
- Scottsdale · 8 mi
- Guadalupe · 11 mi
- Tempe · 11 mi
- Mesa · 15 mi
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