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Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial

Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial from directly overhead

Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 743 m. Marshall Peak stands 2,530 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is USS Arizona Tile Piece, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

Memorial planter to a murdered professor

The record

What the record says

Material
brick
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.23326, -110.95376

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
  • The Main Mall: 0.2 mi
  • Highland Quad: 0.3 mi
  • Geronimo Center: 0.3 mi
  • The Main Mall: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Bactrian Summit: 5.3 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Pima Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 56
  • USS Arizona Tile Piece: 0.1 mi
  • "A" Statue: 0.1 mi
  • Border Dynamics: 0.1 mi
  • Uaspire #1: 0.1 mi
  • 25 Scientists: 0.2 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 0.2 mi
  • Krutch Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 1.5 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Mexican Garden Pottery: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 48
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Jailhouse Rock: 15.0 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 15.1 mi
  • Alcatraz: 15.1 mi
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 15.3 mi
  • Sun Spot: 17.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marshall PeakNE 39°2,530 m17.1 mi
Cathedral RockNNE 31°2,425.64 m12.4 mi
Window PeakNNE 30°2,277 m11.4 mi
Rose PeakNE 53°2,214 m17.1 mi
Mount KimballNNE 24°2,213.56 m10.9 mi
Little KimballNNE 26°2,171 m10.5 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 26°2,037 m10.0 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNE 42°2,030.51 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:36
June solstice05:1818:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4617:24

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11889854979

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