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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. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the north-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
  • Catalina Park: 0.7 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: 52
  • USS Arizona Tile Piece: 0.1 mi
  • "A" Statue: 0.1 mi
  • Border Dynamics: 0.1 mi
  • 25 Scientists: 0.2 mi
  • Wildcat Family: 0.2 mi
Gardens: 52
  • 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: 47
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 9
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 17.6 miles of Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LemmonNNE2,794 m17.4 mi
Marshall PeakNE2,530 m17.1 mi
Cathedral RockNNE2,426 m12.4 mi
Window PeakNNE2,277 m11.4 mi
Rose PeakNE2,214 m17.1 mi
Mount KimballNNE2,214 m10.9 mi
Little KimballNNE2,171 m10.5 mi
Gorp PeakNNE2,037 m10.0 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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