Waiting for a Date
Waiting for a Date is an artwork in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Palo Verde Beach, a park 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 22 miles off.
A stone bench in-between two stone and metal palm trees.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Palo Verde Beach: 0.2 mi
- Hayden Lawn: 0.2 mi
- Brickyard Artisan Courtyard: 0.2 mi
- Ragsdale-MLK Park: 0.2 mi
- Desert Arboretum Park: 0.4 mi
- Pillar of Knowledge: 0.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
- Baboon: 1.9 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 1.9 mi
- Camel Rides: 1.9 mi
- Celebration: 0.3 mi
- Southwestern Pieta: 0.3 mi
- Snake Skin Boots With Snake Heads: 0.3 mi
- Opportunity (reflection): 0.3 mi
- A: 0.4 mi
- Hayden Butte: 0.4 mi
- Bell Butte: 2.1 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 2.4 mi
- Twin Butte: 2.5 mi
- Papago Buttes: 3.1 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 1.1 mi
- Tovrea Castle: 2.8 mi
- Tall Cross: 3.0 mi
- Tree of Life: 3.0 mi
- Pueblo Grande: 3.2 mi
- Secret Garden: 0.2 mi
- Life Sciences Courtyard: 0.2 mi
- The Learning Patch: 1.2 mi
- Chihuahuan Selection: 1.5 mi
- Conversion Space: 1.5 mi
- Arizona State University Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- Arizona Heritage Center: 1.4 mi
- Pixypros Selfie Museum: 1.9 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 2.0 mi
- Tempe History Museum: 2.1 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 3.0 mi
- Ramada #1: 3.2 mi
- Ramada #2=: 3.3 mi
- Ramada #5: 3.4 mi
- Ramada #6: 3.4 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 0.4 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Chinese Wall: 8.5 mi
- Coon Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 19.4 mi
- Morrells Wall: 19.8 mi
- Sven Slab: 20.3 mi
- Illinois: 7.8 mi
- Mountain Spring: 18.5 mi
- Marinette: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Waiting for a Date. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NNE 24° | 1,240 m | 19.4 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 22° | 1,230 m | 17.7 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 25° | 1,214 m | 16.9 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 22° | 1,196 m | 19.3 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 21° | 1,192 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NE 34° | 935 m | 15.7 mi |
| Usery Mountain | ENE 72° | 905 m | 17.8 mi |
| Peak 2933 | ENE 74° | 894 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12732531720
Day trips start here
- Tempe · 2 mi
- Guadalupe · 4 mi
- Scottsdale · 5 mi
- Mesa · 7 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 8 mi
- Chandler · 10 mi
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