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Airmen Memorial Bridge

Airmen Memorial Bridge from directly overhead

Airmen Memorial Bridge is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 772 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Morris K. Udall Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 7.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Structure
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Getting there

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Coordinates32.24055, -110.84120

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • Mountain Cove Estates: 2.8 mi
  • Estate of Isabelle Lee: 3.3 mi
  • Case Natural Resources Park: 4.0 mi
  • Bristol Park: 4.0 mi
  • Sonoran Heights: 4.1 mi
Springs
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Gibbon Springs: 5.9 mi
  • Agua Caliente Spring: 7.1 mi
Peaks
  • Whaleback: 5.8 mi
  • Twin Hills: 5.9 mi
  • Twin Hills: 6.0 mi
  • Saddleback: 6.5 mi
  • Poorman Range: 6.7 mi
Artworks: 55
  • McT-Rex: 0.7 mi
  • Moments To Remember: 1.4 mi
  • Butterfly Project Installation: 4.0 mi
  • Organ Pipe Cactus: 4.0 mi
  • G’s Horn: 4.0 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Cactus and Succulent Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Word Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Xeriscape Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Horticultural Therapy Beds: 3.9 mi
  • Native American Crops: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Sig Boysen Home Composting Site: 3.9 mi
  • Water Harvesting Feature: 3.9 mi
  • Cactus and Succulent Ramada: 3.9 mi
  • Kitchen Courtyard: 4.0 mi
  • Floral Patio: 4.0 mi
Museums: 23
  • Tucson Desert Art Museum: 0.6 mi
  • The Mini Time Machine Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Ignite Sign Art Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 6.3 mi
  • H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 21
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Seven Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Tanque Verde Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Seven Catarcts: 10.9 mi
  • Ernie's Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Bridal Wreath Falls: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Jailhouse Rock: 9.3 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 9.3 mi
  • Alcatraz: 9.3 mi
  • Sun Spot: 11.2 mi
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Airmen Memorial Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LemmonNNE 12°2,794 m14.3 mi
Mount BigelowNNE 31°2,606.6 m14.2 mi
Kellogg MountainNNE 33°2,561.41 m14.3 mi
Marshall PeakNNE 19°2,530 m13.4 mi
Spencer PeakNNE 25°2,493 m13.7 mi
Leopold PointNE 36°2,460 m14.4 mi
Syke KnobNNE 22°2,426 m14.3 mi
Cathedral RockN 359°2,425.64 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:35
June solstice05:1818:5819:34
September equinox06:1217:4918:22
December solstice07:2116:4617:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763697887888783736253
Precip in0.90.80.60.30.20.32.02.61.70.60.60.9

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/620975720

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