Attraction · Arizona
Star Tower
Star Tower is an attraction in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Ladera Park, a park 0.6 miles away. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Height
- 15.24 m
How to reach it
Coordinates33.37318, -112.40169
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Ladera Park: 0.6 mi
- Casey Abbott Semi-Regional Park: 1.0 mi
- North Lake Park: 2.1 mi
- Sarival Village Park #14: 2.8 mi
- South Lake Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Saint John Paul II: 8.0 mi
- Medal of Honor Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Pat Tillman Memorial: 13.4 mi
- San Juan Lookout: 15.1 mi
- Cesar Chavez Memorial: 15.2 mi
Attractions
- APM Tech Specialist: 8.0 mi
- Victory Steps at Verrado: 11.6 mi
- Sable Antelope: 12.0 mi
- Spur Wing Geese: 12.0 mi
- Kudu Antelope: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 54
- Saint Thomas Aquinas: 7.9 mi
- Battlefield Cross: 8.8 mi
- Hobo Joe Statue: 10.6 mi
- SPAD XIII Model: 11.8 mi
- Cross: 14.2 mi
Peaks: 35
- Monument Hill: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Hayes Peak: 9.8 mi
- Sunset Point: 10.4 mi
- Javelina Summit: 10.8 mi
Museums: 16
- Buckeye Valley Museum: 10.1 mi
- Sun Cities Area Historical Society/Del Webb Sun Cities Museum: 17.0 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 17.0 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 17.1 mi
- The Bead Museum: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 10
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 17.9 mi
- Prayer Garden: 18.9 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 19.1 mi
- Bio Garden: 19.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 19.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Estrella Mountain Regional Park: 2.4 mi
- Tres Rios Wetlands: 7.5 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 9.1 mi
- Skyline Regional Park: 12.7 mi
- White Tank Mountain Regional Park: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 18.8 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 18.9 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 24.0 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 24.1 mi
- Pima Area 4: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Arlington Volcano: 20.1 mi
- Chinese Wall: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Marinette: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Star Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SE 135° | 1,375 m | 9.8 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SE 138° | 1,313 m | 17.6 mi |
| Barry Goldwater Peak | NW 324° | 1,243 m | 17.3 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SE 135° | 1,235 m | 14.0 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SE 133° | 1,221 m | 14.5 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SE 134° | 1,113 m | 12.5 mi |
| Baacon | NNW 327° | 914 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sevenmile Mountain | SSE 149° | 899 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| September equinox | 06:18 | 17:55 | 18:28 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:49 | 17:27 |
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 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 80 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 87 | 75 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Litchfield Park, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11489149847
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 19 mi
- Phoenix · 21 mi
- Guadalupe · 25 mi
- Scottsdale · 28 mi
- Tempe · 29 mi
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