- Elevation, modelled
- 770 m
- Tallest summit within 16.0 miles
- Mount Lemmon2,794 m · 13.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Sky Island Scenic Byway13.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 19:35local time
- Coordinates
- 32.3380, -110.9790
Meditation Garden is a garden in Arizona, at a modelled 770 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Children’s Museum Oro Valley, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Meditation Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | ENE 57° | 2,794 m | 13.2 mi |
| Marshall Peak | ENE 64° | 2,530 m | 13.7 mi |
| Spencer Peak | ENE 67° | 2,493 m | 14.9 mi |
| Syke Knob | ENE 64° | 2,426 m | 14.9 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | ENE 67° | 2,425.64 m | 8.6 mi |
| Samaniego Peak | NE 46° | 2,312 m | 13.1 mi |
| Window Peak | ENE 70° | 2,277 m | 7.7 mi |
| Butterfly Peak | ENE 66° | 2,227 m | 15.9 mi |
- 13.8 mi off the Sky Island Scenic BywayNational
- 28.2 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 15 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 15 mi
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Windy Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tohono Chul: 0.2 mi
- James D. Kriegh Park: 2.7 mi
- Paseo Del Rio Neighborhood Park: 2.9 mi
- Children's Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Casas Adobes Park: 3.0 mi
- Pusch Peak: 3.3 mi
- Rosewood Point: 3.4 mi
- The Cleaver: 3.7 mi
- Bighorn Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Prominent Point: 5.1 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 4.5 mi
- Pima Spring: 6.0 mi
- Buster Spring: 7.1 mi
- Cargodera Spring: 9.9 mi
- Red Warrior Spring: 10.1 mi
- Mason Center: 4.5 mi
- Silverbell Hills Estates: 5.0 mi
- Silverbell-Goret Open Space: 5.7 mi
- Painted Sunset Greenway: 5.9 mi
- Ina Silverbell Parcel: 6.0 mi
- Dream It, Then Do It: 2.6 mi
- Baseball: 2.6 mi
- Baseball: 2.6 mi
- Soccer Ball: 2.6 mi
- Joshua Tree: 4.1 mi
- Desert Living Courtyard: 0.0 mi
- Riparian Habitat: 0.0 mi
- Streamside Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Sin Agua Garden: 0.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.1 mi
- Geology Wall: 0.1 mi
- Crested Saguaro: 0.2 mi
- Rio Grande Steel Sided Caboose 01433: 4.5 mi
- Mural No tell Motel: 6.0 mi
- Miracle Mile Historic District: 6.4 mi
- Sun Circle: 3.1 mi
- Saguarohenge: 3.9 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 5.1 mi
- Arizona Heroes Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 0.0 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 4.4 mi
- H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 5.0 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 5.2 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 5.7 mi
- Seven Falls: 12.2 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 14.9 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 19.7 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 20.3 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 8.1 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 14.8 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 14.8 mi
- Alcatraz: 14.9 mi
- Sun Spot: 16.9 mi
- American Flag: 22.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:50 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 88 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 60 | 52 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tohono Chul, under a mile away.
- saguaro429 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard325 obs
- Queen208 obs
- Zebra-tailed Lizard138 obs
- Monarch138 obs
- Costa's Hummingbird122 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail107 obs
- Creosote Bush106 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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