Desert Botanical Garden Community Garden
Desert Botanical Garden Community Garden is a garden in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 388 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Swimming Dreamers, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 23 miles off.
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Swimming Dreamers: 0.1 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 0.1 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 0.1 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 0.1 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 0.1 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.3 mi
- Tall Cross: 1.8 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 1.9 mi
- Tovrea Castle: 2.1 mi
- Pueblo Grande Ball Court: 2.8 mi
- Visitors Center: 0.3 mi
- Akimel O'Odham Kitchen: 0.4 mi
- Majestic Mariposas: 0.4 mi
- The Hole in the Rock: 0.6 mi
- Big Horn Sheep: 1.0 mi
- PERA Club: 0.6 mi
- Papago Park: 0.8 mi
- Evelyn Hallman Park: 1.0 mi
- Papago Rotary Park: 1.1 mi
- Paiute Park: 1.4 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 0.6 mi
- Papago Buttes: 0.7 mi
- Barnes Butte: 1.0 mi
- Hayden Butte: 2.5 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Desert Botanical Garden: 0.2 mi
- Berlin Agave Yucca Forest: 0.3 mi
- Native Crop Garden: 0.3 mi
- Ottosen Entry Garden: 0.4 mi
- Spanish Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 1.4 mi
- Arizona Heritage Center: 1.5 mi
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West: 2.0 mi
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.1 mi
- S'edav Va'aki Museum: 2.9 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 0.8 mi
- Ramada #1: 6.2 mi
- Ramada #2=: 6.2 mi
- Ramada #5: 6.3 mi
- Ramada #6: 6.3 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 8.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.4 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Chinese Wall: 10.5 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 16.8 mi
- Morrells Wall: 17.2 mi
- Coon Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Sven Slab: 17.8 mi
- Illinois: 10.4 mi
- Mountain Spring: 15.9 mi
- Marinette: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Desert Botanical Garden Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NNE 28° | 1,240 m | 16.9 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 28° | 1,230 m | 15.2 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 31° | 1,214 m | 14.4 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 26° | 1,196 m | 16.8 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 26° | 1,192 m | 15.1 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,060 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NE 42° | 935 m | 13.6 mi |
| Usery Mountain | E 82° | 905 m | 17.4 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, 3 mi away.
- Gambel's Quail1,001 obs
- saguaro934 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard818 obs
- Cactus Wren734 obs
- Round-tailed Ground Squirrel727 obs
- Queen716 obs
- Mourning Dove584 obs
- Creosote Bush534 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/289167641
Day trips start here
- Scottsdale · 2 mi
- Tempe · 4 mi
- Guadalupe · 7 mi
- Mesa · 7 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 8 mi
- Phoenix · 8 mi
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