Xeriscape Demonstration Garden
Xeriscape Demonstration Garden is a garden in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 366 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Night People, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mesa Community College
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Night People: 0.2 mi
- Ernest W. McFarland: 0.3 mi
- Sonance: 2.7 mi
- Howling Wolf: 2.7 mi
- Climb as High as Your Dreams: 2.7 mi
- Peace Pole: 0.2 mi
- Peace Pole: 0.3 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 0.3 mi
- Mesa Grande Cultural Park: 3.5 mi
- Ehrhardt Park: 0.6 mi
- Daumler Park: 1.0 mi
- Dobson Ranch Park: 1.3 mi
- Laguna Park: 1.4 mi
- Fiesta Sports Park: 1.5 mi
- King Ben's Castle: 2.1 mi
- Simply Smashing: 2.3 mi
- Engine 2355: 3.7 mi
- Pillar of Knowledge: 4.2 mi
- Scarizona Scaregrounds: 4.3 mi
- Hayden Butte: 4.5 mi
- Bell Butte: 5.6 mi
- Twin Butte: 5.8 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 6.2 mi
- Papago Buttes: 6.9 mi
- Outback Arbor: 0.2 mi
- The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College: 0.3 mi
- Escalante Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- The Rover Vine: 3.0 mi
- Mesa Urban Garden: 3.2 mi
- Zarco Guerrero: 2.7 mi
- idea Museum: 2.9 mi
- Arizona Museum of Natural History: 3.0 mi
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum: 3.0 mi
- Tempe History Museum: 3.1 mi
- Ramada #5: 3.9 mi
- Ramada #6: 3.9 mi
- Ramada #7: 3.9 mi
- Fiesta Ramadas: 3.9 mi
- Ramada #2=: 3.9 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 6.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Chinese Wall: 10.6 mi
- Coon Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 20.6 mi
- Morrells Wall: 20.9 mi
- Blue Point: 21.0 mi
- Mountain Spring: 19.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 22.7 mi
- Illinois: 4.0 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 22.7 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell Peak | N 10° | 1,230 m | 18.9 mi |
| Thompson Peak | N 11° | 1,214 m | 18.0 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | N 9° | 1,192 m | 19.0 mi |
| Pass Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,007 m | 17.3 mi |
| Santan Mountain | SSE 148° | 949 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NNE 19° | 935 m | 16.2 mi |
| Peak 3004 | ENE 68° | 916 m | 18.0 mi |
| Usery Mountain | ENE 60° | 905 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:46 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Mallard83 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird66 obs
- House Finch65 obs
- Fiery Skipper63 obs
- stinknet56 obs
- Northern Mockingbird52 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle48 obs
- Western Honey Bee48 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5369278046
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