USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River
USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 396 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Zuni Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Zuni Park: 0.5 mi
- Comanche Park: 0.6 mi
- Shoshone Park: 0.8 mi
- Agua Linda Park: 1.4 mi
- Scottsdale Rotary Park: 1.7 mi
- Bam Kazam: 0.6 mi
- UFO Experience: 1.0 mi
- Butterfly Wonderland: 1.0 mi
- Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 1.0 mi
- Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 1.0 mi
- The Big Derailment: 2.0 mi
- Industrial Pipe Wave: 2.2 mi
- Charles Miller: 3.8 mi
- LOVE: 4.1 mi
- Windows to the West: 4.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Barry Goldwater Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Crucifix: 5.1 mi
- Tall Cross: 6.0 mi
- Tree of Life: 6.4 mi
- Mummy Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 4.7 mi
- The Praying Monk: 5.0 mi
- Dixie Peak: 6.0 mi
- Barnes Butte: 6.6 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 1.9 mi
- Putting Green: 2.1 mi
- Scottsdale Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- South Scottsdale Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- The Potted Plant Inc.: 6.2 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 1.0 mi
- Model Railroad Building: 2.0 mi
- Scottsdale Railroad Museum: 2.0 mi
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: 4.2 mi
- Hoo-Hoogam Ki Museum: 4.2 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 6.8 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 10.5 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 10.6 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 10.6 mi
- Maricopa Area 3: 10.6 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Mountain Spring: 9.6 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 19.5 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 20.6 mi
- Blue Mountain Spring: 21.8 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 22.4 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 10.5 mi
- Morrells Wall: 10.9 mi
- Sven Slab: 11.5 mi
- Coon Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Chinese Wall: 16.8 mi
- Illinois: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 24.4 mi
- Marinette: 22.4 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 23.9 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of USS Arizona Memorial Gardens at Salt River. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NNE 29° | 1,240 m | 10.6 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 27° | 1,230 m | 8.9 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 33° | 1,214 m | 8.1 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 25° | 1,196 m | 10.4 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 25° | 1,192 m | 8.8 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,060 m | 12.1 mi |
| Brown's Mountain | N 9° | 991 m | 16.1 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NE 54° | 935 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
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 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 89 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1304200453
Day trips start here
- Scottsdale · 4 mi
- Mesa · 9 mi
- Tempe · 9 mi
- Fountain Hills · 10 mi
- Phoenix · 11 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 13 mi
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