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Pioneer Arizona History Museum

Pioneer Arizona History Museum, a museum in Arizona
Pioneer Arizona History Museum, a museum in ArizonaMarine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pioneer Arizona History Museum, a museum in Arizona
Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pioneer Arizona History Museum, a museum in Arizona
Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pioneer Arizona History Museum, a museum in Arizona
Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pioneer Arizona History Museum, a museum in Arizona
Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pioneer Arizona History Museum, a museum in Arizona
Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Pioneer Arizona History Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 520 m. Bronco Butte stands 1,461 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercantile, a museum 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

The Pioneer Living History Museum is located at 3901 W. Pioneer Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The museum, also known as Pioneer Arizona, has 30 historic original and reconstructed buildings from the 1880s and early 1900s on its 90-acre property.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1969.

Wikidata Q14680667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.82052, -112.14985
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tramonto Park: 1.6 mi
  • Bones Park: 2.3 mi
  • Volleyball Park: 2.3 mi
  • Basketball Park: 2.5 mi
  • Swing Park: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Springs
  • Whiskey Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Jims Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Soda Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Apache Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Quail Spring: 9.1 mi
Artworks: 38
Historic sites: 31
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 14
  • Mercantile: 0.1 mi
  • Sahuaro Central Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Cave Creek Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Martin Auto Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Sun Cities Area Historical Society/Del Webb Sun Cities Museum: 17.2 mi
Gardens: 13
Picnic sites: 12
  • Ringtail Day Use Area: 7.8 mi
  • Bobcat Day Use Area: 8.0 mi
  • Wild Burro Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
  • Lakeview Day Use Area: 9.7 mi
  • Cottonwood Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Pioneer Arizona History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bronco ButteENE 70°1,461 m16.8 mi
Black MesaNE 53°1,430 m12.2 mi
Red MountainNNE 32°1,428 m13.8 mi
New River MesaNE 52°1,426 m12.8 mi
Skull MesaENE 62°1,405 m15.9 mi
Continental MountainENE 74°1,356 m15.4 mi
Elephant MountainENE 62°1,192 m10.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 59°1,177 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0818:41
June solstice05:1919:0619:43
September equinox06:1717:5418:27
December solstice07:3016:4617:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555763707887929286756253
Precip in1.21.21.10.40.20.00.81.00.70.70.90.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix Deer Valley Muni AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/383522658

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