Japanese Friendship Garden
Japanese Friendship Garden is a garden in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayors’ Tree, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mayors’ Tree: 0.0 mi
- An Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Phoenix Cancer Survivors: 0.3 mi
- The Avenue of Stars: 0.8 mi
- St. Pope John Paul II: 0.8 mi
- Pagoda: 0.0 mi
- Kasuga-Doro: 0.0 mi
- Shachi: 0.0 mi
- Release the Fear: 0.2 mi
- Her Secret is Patience: 0.5 mi
- Tea House: 0.0 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 1.3 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 3.1 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 5.7 mi
- Mill of Madness: 6.0 mi
- Margaret T. Hance Park: 0.1 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.2 mi
- Cancer Survivors Park: 0.3 mi
- Monorchid Park: 0.3 mi
- Viad Park: 0.5 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 6.8 mi
- Phoenix Mountains: 6.9 mi
- Barnes Butte: 6.9 mi
- Papago Buttes: 7.2 mi
- Twin Butte: 7.2 mi
- Dry Garden: 0.0 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Bio Garden: 1.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.7 mi
- Entry Garden: 2.4 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 0.8 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 0.9 mi
- Rosson House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 1.0 mi
- Children's Museum of Phoenix: 1.0 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 7.0 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 8.0 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 8.0 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 8.3 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 8.3 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 2.9 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 7.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 7.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Chinese Wall: 8.5 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 21.7 mi
- Morrells Wall: 22.1 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.7 mi
- Marinette: 14.7 mi
- Illinois: 15.8 mi
- Mountain Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Japanese Friendship Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 222° | 1,375 m | 17.5 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 200° | 1,313 m | 20.4 mi |
| East End | NE 46° | 1,240 m | 21.9 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 209° | 1,235 m | 18.3 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 47° | 1,230 m | 20.2 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,221 m | 18.0 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 50° | 1,214 m | 19.8 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 45° | 1,196 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 5 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle221 obs
- Rock Pigeon184 obs
- Rosy-faced Lovebird176 obs
- stinknet160 obs
- Mallard130 obs
- House Sparrow87 obs
- Northern Mockingbird86 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove67 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/932542869
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 2 mi
- Phoenix · 3 mi
- Guadalupe · 9 mi
- Scottsdale · 9 mi
- Tempe · 10 mi
- Mesa · 15 mi
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