Children's Museum of Phoenix

Children's Museum of Phoenix is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 333 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosson House Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 30 miles off.
The story
museum in Phoenix, AZ
Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q30278626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 29.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Verde Park: 0.2 mi
- Virginia G. Piper Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Florence Crittenden Home: 0.6 mi
- Civic Space Park: 0.6 mi
- Patriots Park: 0.6 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 0.3 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta: 0.3 mi
- circle of children playing: 0.3 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 0.3 mi
- The Arizona Bolas: 0.4 mi
- St. Pope John Paul II: 0.3 mi
- The Avenue of Stars: 0.7 mi
- Phoenix Employee Memorial: 0.7 mi
- An Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Mayors’ Tree: 1.0 mi
- Tea House: 1.0 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 2.3 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 3.9 mi
- Mill of Madness: 5.0 mi
- Axe Adventures: 5.6 mi
- Twin Butte: 6.2 mi
- Barnes Butte: 6.3 mi
- Bell Butte: 6.3 mi
- Papago Buttes: 6.6 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 6.9 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 1.0 mi
- Dry Garden: 1.0 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Bio Garden: 2.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.7 mi
- Rosson House Museum: 0.1 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 0.2 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 0.2 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 0.7 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 1.4 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 6.4 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 7.3 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 7.3 mi
- Ramada #1: 8.9 mi
- Ramada #2=: 8.9 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 2.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Chinese Wall: 7.6 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 21.8 mi
- Morrells Wall: 22.2 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.8 mi
- Coon Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Illinois: 14.8 mi
- Marinette: 15.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Children's Museum of Phoenix. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 226° | 1,375 m | 17.5 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 203° | 1,313 m | 19.9 mi |
| East End | NE 44° | 1,240 m | 21.9 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 212° | 1,235 m | 18.0 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 45° | 1,230 m | 20.2 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,221 m | 17.7 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 47° | 1,214 m | 19.7 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 42° | 1,196 m | 21.6 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/1062204079
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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