Arizona Science Center
Arizona Science Center is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Create at Arizona Science Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 30 miles off.
The story
Arizona Science Center, at 600 Washington St in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is a science museum located in Heritage and Science Park. It was founded in 1984 as the Arizona Museum of Science & Technology in a downtown storefront. Its current building, designed by Antoine Predock, was completed in 1997. Along with daily demonstrations throughout the center, the Center provides shows in the Dorrance DOME and in a five-story, giant screen IMAX Theater.
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Wikidata Q4791396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 29.8 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 0.2 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta: 0.2 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 0.2 mi
- circle of children playing: 0.2 mi
- The Arizona Bolas: 0.2 mi
- St. Pope John Paul II: 0.2 mi
- The Avenue of Stars: 0.6 mi
- Phoenix Employee Memorial: 0.6 mi
- An Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Mayors’ Tree: 1.0 mi
- Virginia G. Piper Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Verde Park: 0.4 mi
- Patriots Park: 0.5 mi
- Civic Space Park: 0.5 mi
- Florence Crittenden Home: 0.7 mi
- Tea House: 1.0 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 2.3 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 3.8 mi
- Mill of Madness: 5.0 mi
- Axe Adventures: 5.7 mi
- Twin Butte: 6.3 mi
- Bell Butte: 6.4 mi
- Barnes Butte: 6.5 mi
- Papago Buttes: 6.7 mi
- Two Peaks: 6.9 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 1.0 mi
- Dry Garden: 1.1 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Bio Garden: 2.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.7 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 0.0 mi
- Rosson House Museum: 0.1 mi
- Children's Museum of Phoenix: 0.2 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 0.6 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 1.3 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 6.6 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 7.2 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 7.2 mi
- Ramada #1: 8.9 mi
- Ramada #2=: 8.9 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 2.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
- Chinese Wall: 7.5 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 21.9 mi
- Morrells Wall: 22.4 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.9 mi
- Illinois: 14.8 mi
- Marinette: 15.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Arizona Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 226° | 1,375 m | 17.3 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 203° | 1,313 m | 19.8 mi |
| East End | NE 44° | 1,240 m | 22.1 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 212° | 1,235 m | 17.8 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 44° | 1,230 m | 20.4 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,221 m | 17.5 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 47° | 1,214 m | 19.9 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 42° | 1,196 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/783489992
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 1 mi
- Phoenix · 4 mi
- Guadalupe · 8 mi
- Scottsdale · 8 mi
- Tempe · 9 mi
- Mesa · 14 mi
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