Skip to content
Byway
Museum · Arizona

Arizona Railway Museum

Arizona Railway Museum, a museum in Arizona
Arizona Railway Museum, a museum in ArizonaTony the Marine ( talk ) / Marine 69-71 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arizona Railway Museum, a museum in Arizona
Tony the Marine ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arizona Railway Museum, a museum in Arizona
User:Wikibofh · CC BY-SA 2.0
Arizona Railway Museum, a museum in Arizona
CC BY-SA 2.0
Arizona Railway Museum, a museum in Arizona
user:Jot Powers · CC BY-SA 2.0
Arizona Railway Museum, a museum in Arizona
Leonard G. at English Wikipedia · Public domain

More photographs at the Wikimedia Commons category.

Arizona Railway Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. Pass Mountain stands 1,007 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tumbleweed Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

The Arizona Railway Museum is a railroad museum located in Chandler, Arizona, United States. It was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1983. It is dedicated to the railroads of Arizona and the Southwestern United States. It has an extensive collection railroad rolling stock and artifacts. Three of the items on display are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, they are the "Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. SP 2562" and "Tender No. 8365", "Railroad Steam Wrecking Crane and Tool Car", and the "Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Caboose No. 15".

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1983.

Wikidata Q4791377, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.27007, -111.83638
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tumbleweed Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ryan Park: 0.9 mi
  • Los Arboles Park: 0.9 mi
  • Reflections Park West: 1.3 mi
  • Reflections Park East: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Downtown Chandler Sign: 2.0 mi
  • F-86 Sabre: 2.5 mi
  • Fresh and Easy: 2.7 mi
  • Continuum Globe: 2.8 mi
  • Rocket to Stars: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • The Crayola Experience: 4.2 mi
  • JP's Comedy Club: 5.9 mi
  • Edith House: 5.9 mi
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 8.1 mi
  • King Ben's Castle: 8.1 mi
Peaks
  • Gila Butte: 8.0 mi
  • Round Top: 8.1 mi
  • Santan Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Lone Butte: 11.3 mi
  • Twin Butte: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 55
Museums: 36
Picnic sites: 23
Nature reserves: 14
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 4.5 mi
  • Tortoise Habitat: 4.5 mi
  • Humming Bird/Butterfly Habitat: 4.6 mi
  • Chaparral Habitat: 4.6 mi
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 4.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Cottonwood Spring: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Arizona Railway Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pass MountainNE 43°1,007 m20.3 mi
Santan MountainSE 132°949 m9.9 mi
Peak 3004NE 45°916 m20.8 mi
Usery MountainNE 35°905 m19.5 mi
Peak 2933NE 37°894 m19.7 mi
Sacaton PeakSSE 153°835 m20.7 mi
Camelback MountainNNW 337°825 m18.4 mi
Mount SuappoaWNW 288°814 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:39
June solstice05:1919:0419:41
September equinox06:1617:5318:26
December solstice07:2816:4717:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535662697887919085736052

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chandler Heights, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1969314430

More museums in Arizona

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore museums
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Arizona Railway Museum.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens