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International Wildlife Museum

International Wildlife Museum from directly overhead

International Wildlife Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 814 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Feliz Paseos Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Safari Club International Foundation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.23462, -111.06704

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Feliz Paseos Park: 0.6 mi
  • Agua Dulce Park: 2.9 mi
  • Joaquin Murrieta Park: 3.6 mi
  • Meander Bend Park: 3.7 mi
  • Sweetwater Wetlands: 3.9 mi
Peaks
  • Recoil Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Twin Hills: 1.3 mi
  • Bactrian Summit: 1.3 mi
  • Bushmaster Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Bren: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Painted Hills Trails Park: 1.2 mi
  • Mary Henderson Desert Center: 1.8 mi
  • Lazy C Ranch Estates: 2.2 mi
  • Painted Hills Ranch: 2.2 mi
  • Clearwell Reservoir: 2.4 mi
Artworks: 56
Gardens: 54
  • El Rio Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Mission Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Desert Survivors: 5.0 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Mexican Garden Pottery: 5.4 mi
Springs: 52
  • Finger Rock Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Pima Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Buster Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Red Warrior Spring: 17.1 mi
Attractions: 45
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 6
Cliffs: 6
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 16.3 mi
  • Rocky Point: 17.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 21.1 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 21.1 mi
  • Alcatraz: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of International Wildlife Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cathedral RockNE 51°2,425.64 m16.8 mi
Window PeakNE 52°2,277 m15.8 mi
Mount KimballNE 48°2,213.56 m14.7 mi
Little KimballNE 50°2,171 m14.6 mi
Gorp PeakNE 51°2,037 m14.1 mi
Rattlesnake PeakENE 59°2,030.51 m17.5 mi
Prominent PointNE 48°2,017.75 m13.4 mi
Finger GuardNE 48°1,972.4 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:36
June solstice05:1918:5919:35
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4717:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535662687685888783726153
Precip in1.00.90.60.30.20.32.02.01.00.70.61.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson U OF A #1, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/402203894

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