Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Desert Terrace Garden
OpenStreetMap · node/9371315064
- Elevation, modelled
- 394 m
- Tallest summit within 19.4 miles
- East End1,240 m · 17.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Apache Trail Historic Road23.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 19:42local time
- Coordinates
- 33.4613, -111.9456
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Desert Terrace Garden is a garden in Arizona, at a modelled 394 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ottosen Entry Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 23 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Desert Terrace Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NNE 29° | 1,240 m | 17.3 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 28° | 1,230 m | 15.5 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 31° | 1,214 m | 14.8 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 27° | 1,196 m | 17.1 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 27° | 1,192 m | 15.4 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,060 m | 18.5 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NE 42° | 935 m | 13.9 mi |
| Usery Mountain | E 81° | 905 m | 17.8 mi |
- 23.0 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Majestic Mariposas: 0.0 mi
- Visitors Center: 0.0 mi
- Akimel O'Odham Kitchen: 0.2 mi
- The Hole in the Rock: 0.3 mi
- Stingray Bay: 0.7 mi
- Lonely Flight: 0.1 mi
- Salvaged Ironwood: 0.1 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.3 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.3 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.3 mi
- Tree of Life: 0.3 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 1.7 mi
- Tovrea Castle: 1.8 mi
- Tall Cross: 2.0 mi
- Pueblo Grande Ball Court: 2.4 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 0.3 mi
- Papago Buttes: 0.4 mi
- Barnes Butte: 0.8 mi
- Hayden Butte: 2.3 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Papago Park: 0.4 mi
- PERA Club: 0.5 mi
- Evelyn Hallman Park: 0.9 mi
- Papago Rotary Park: 1.3 mi
- Papago Park-Tempe: 1.4 mi
- Ottosen Entry Garden: 0.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.1 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 0.1 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 0.1 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 1.0 mi
- Arizona Heritage Center: 1.4 mi
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West: 2.4 mi
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.5 mi
- S'edav Va'aki Museum: 2.5 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 0.5 mi
- Ramada #1: 6.0 mi
- Ramada #2=: 6.0 mi
- Ramada #5: 6.1 mi
- Ramada #6: 6.1 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 7.9 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Chinese Wall: 10.2 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 17.2 mi
- Morrells Wall: 17.6 mi
- Coon Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Sven Slab: 18.1 mi
- Illinois: 10.4 mi
- Mountain Spring: 16.2 mi
- Marinette: 21.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 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 Quail1,003 obs
- saguaro935 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard819 obs
- Round-tailed Ground Squirrel738 obs
- Cactus Wren737 obs
- Queen715 obs
- Mourning Dove577 obs
- Creosote Bush566 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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- Tempe · 4 mi
- Guadalupe · 6 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 8 mi
- Mesa · 8 mi
- Phoenix · 8 mi
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