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Tempe History Museum

Tempe History Museum from directly overhead

Tempe History Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 360 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Tilted Landscape, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Tempe

How to reach it

Coordinates33.39223, -111.92732

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Attractions
  • Simply Smashing: 1.5 mi
  • Pillar of Knowledge: 1.9 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Axe Adventures: 3.3 mi
  • Baboon: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens: 56
  • The Learning Patch: 0.9 mi
  • The Rover Vine: 1.6 mi
  • Secret Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Life Sciences Courtyard: 1.9 mi
  • Escalante Community Garden: 2.7 mi
Museums: 39
Picnic sites: 30
Nature reserves: 20
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 6.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mountain Spring: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Tempe History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McDowell PeakNNE 19°1,230 m19.5 mi
Thompson PeakNNE 21°1,214 m18.6 mi
Drinkwater PeakNNE 18°1,192 m19.4 mi
Pass MountainENE 71°1,007 m20.1 mi
Santan MountainSE 140°949 m19.7 mi
Sunrise PeakNNE 29°935 m17.2 mi
Usery MountainENE 66°905 m18.1 mi
Peak 2933ENE 67°894 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:41
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4717:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555763697785919085746254
Precip in1.01.11.00.20.20.11.01.30.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/544632762

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