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Xeric Garden

Xeric Garden from directly overhead

Xeric Garden is a garden in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 581 m. Kentuck Mountain stands 1,527 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Defenders Native Seed Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates33.82221, -112.01902
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cave Creek Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
  • Dove Valley Park: 3.4 mi
  • Central Avenue Trail Head: 3.8 mi
  • Desert Hills Trailhead: 4.1 mi
  • Apache Wash Trailhead: 4.2 mi
Springs
  • Jims Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Apache Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Burro Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Ringneck Spring: 5.9 mi
Peaks
  • Gunsight: 2.6 mi
  • Go John Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Apache Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Black Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Pyramid Peak: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 47
Historic sites: 29
Attractions: 25
  • Spur Cross Stables: 5.8 mi
  • Jeep Wreck: 6.7 mi
  • Archeology Notification: 6.9 mi
  • Bunny Rock: 9.7 mi
  • Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Seven Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Ringtail Day Use Area: 15.2 mi
  • Bobcat Day Use Area: 15.4 mi
  • Maricopa Area 3: 16.6 mi
  • Wild Burro Day Use Area: 16.6 mi
Museums: 19
Gardens: 16
Nature reserves: 16
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Xeric Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kentuck MountainENE 65°1,527 m14.9 mi
Monument MountainNNE 28°1,519 m15.1 mi
Quien Sabe PeakNE 45°1,486 m11.1 mi
Butte PeakENE 61°1,470 m10.4 mi
Bronco ButteENE 57°1,461 m9.9 mi
Black MesaNNE 18°1,430 m7.5 mi
Red MountainN 359°1,428 m11.7 mi
New River MesaNNE 18°1,426 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0619:43
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:3016:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677685908984736253
Precip in1.81.61.60.50.20.11.31.31.21.00.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carefree, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro430 obs
  • Buckhorn Cholla98 obs
  • Brittlebush92 obs
  • stinknet91 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus82 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus81 obs
  • Teddybear Cholla80 obs
  • little-leaved palo verde70 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1491640507

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