The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 820 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bighorn, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 16 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 16 mi
- Windy Point · 16 mi
- Geology Vista · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Desert Vista Common Area C Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Naranja Park: 0.7 mi
- Copper Creek Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
- La Cholla Estates Common Area B Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Mira Vista Homeowners Association Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon Park: 3.8 mi
- Mason Center: 4.4 mi
- Countryside Vistas: 5.8 mi
- Ina Silverbell Parcel: 7.3 mi
- Silverbell Hills Estates: 7.5 mi
- Pusch Peak: 4.1 mi
- The Cleaver: 4.5 mi
- Bighorn Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Table Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Rosewood Point: 5.4 mi
- Buster Spring: 6.1 mi
- Pima Spring: 6.3 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 6.7 mi
- Cargodera Spring: 8.1 mi
- Wooden Trough Spring: 8.7 mi
- Bighorn: 0.1 mi
- Joshua Tree: 0.9 mi
- Baseball: 2.6 mi
- Baseball: 2.6 mi
- Soccer Ball: 2.6 mi
- Victor Romero Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 4.8 mi
- Desert Palm Oasis: 4.8 mi
- Children's Garden: 4.8 mi
- Spanish Colonial Courtyard: 4.8 mi
- Crested Saguaro: 4.9 mi
- Geology Wall: 4.9 mi
- The Window: 8.2 mi
- Rio Grande Steel Sided Caboose 01433: 9.0 mi
- Mural No tell Motel: 10.9 mi
- Arizona Heroes Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Catalina Mountain School: 6.0 mi
- Saguarohenge: 7.1 mi
- Sun Circle: 7.5 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 9.8 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 4.9 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 8.5 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 8.9 mi
- H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 9.9 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Seven Falls: 14.1 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 15.9 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 22.4 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 23.2 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 3.6 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 16.5 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 16.6 mi
- Alcatraz: 16.6 mi
- Sun Spot: 18.4 mi
- American Flag: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of The Learning Tree. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | E 79° | 2,794 m | 12.2 mi |
| Marshall Peak | E 85° | 2,530 m | 13.3 mi |
| Spencer Peak | E 87° | 2,493 m | 14.6 mi |
| Syke Knob | E 83° | 2,426 m | 14.3 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | E 100° | 2,425.64 m | 9.0 mi |
| Samaniego Peak | ENE 68° | 2,312 m | 11.1 mi |
| Marble Peak | ENE 74° | 2,297 m | 15.3 mi |
| Rice Peak | ENE 63° | 2,289 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:50 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 50 | 56 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 67 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catalina SP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1076901725
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 15 mi
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