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Arizona State Museum South

Arizona State Museum South from directly overhead

Arizona State Museum South is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 740 m. Marshall Peak stands 2,530 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Arizona State Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

museum in Arizona, United States

Dates from 1893.

Wikidata Q4306514, matched on coordinates and name (107 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.23125, -110.95611

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Geronimo Center: 0.2 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Highland Quad: 0.3 mi
  • The Main Mall: 0.3 mi
  • The Main Mall: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Bactrian Summit: 5.2 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Pima Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Border Dynamics: 0.2 mi
  • USS Arizona Tile Piece: 0.3 mi
  • Table of the Sun Cubed: 0.3 mi
  • "A" Statue: 0.3 mi
  • Uaspire #1: 0.3 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Krutch Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 0.3 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 1.3 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Mission Garden: 2.2 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Butterfly Mural: 0.7 mi
  • Goddess of Agave: 0.9 mi
  • Tucson Presidio: 1.1 mi
  • Snob Hollow: 1.2 mi
  • Barrio Histórico District: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Jailhouse Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 15.2 mi
  • Alcatraz: 15.2 mi
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 15.4 mi
  • Sun Spot: 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Arizona State Museum South. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marshall PeakNE 40°2,530 m17.3 mi
Cathedral RockNNE 32°2,425.64 m12.6 mi
Window PeakNNE 30°2,277 m11.6 mi
Rose PeakNE 53°2,214 m17.3 mi
Mount KimballNNE 24°2,213.56 m11.0 mi
Little KimballNNE 27°2,171 m10.7 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 26°2,037 m10.2 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNE 42°2,030.51 m12.6 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 way/32942742

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