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Miracle Mile Historic District

Miracle Mile Historic District from directly overhead

Miracle Mile Historic District is an attraction in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 723 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Tucson Miracle Mile Neon Welcome Sign, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The Miracle Mile Historic District encompasses an area surrounding a former section of U.S. Route 80 and U.S. Route 89 through Tucson, Arizona protecting historic businesses and attractions that date from the late 1930s to the early 1960s.

The record

What the record says

Built
1937
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Register of Historic Places
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.24482, -110.97711

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Bactrian Summit: 4.0 mi
  • Recoil Peak: 4.2 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Pima Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Tucson Miracle Mile Neon Welcome Sign: 0.3 mi
  • Tropicana Motor Hotel Historic Neon Sign: 0.4 mi
  • Magic Carpet Golf Historic Neon Sign: 0.4 mi
  • Canyon State/The Arizonan Motel Historic Neon Sign: 0.4 mi
  • Medina's Sporting Goods Historic Neon Sign: 0.5 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Mexican Garden Pottery: 1.1 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 1.5 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Krutch Garden: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Mural No tell Motel: 0.5 mi
  • Goddess of Agave: 1.3 mi
  • Snob Hollow: 1.3 mi
  • Tucson Presidio: 1.4 mi
  • Butterfly Mural: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 14.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 15.9 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 16.0 mi
  • Alcatraz: 16.0 mi
  • Sun Spot: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Miracle Mile Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LemmonNE 39°2,794 m17.5 mi
Marshall PeakNE 45°2,530 m17.4 mi
Cathedral RockNE 39°2,425.64 m12.5 mi
Window PeakNE 38°2,277 m11.5 mi
Rose PeakENE 58°2,214 m17.7 mi
Mount KimballNNE 32°2,213.56 m10.8 mi
Little KimballNE 35°2,171 m10.5 mi
Gorp PeakNE 35°2,037 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0418:36
June solstice05:1818:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4617:24

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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/619557591

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