The Bead Museum
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The Bead Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Territorial Sheriff, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
The story
museum of beads
Dates from 1984.
Wikidata Q7715996, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1984
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Territorial Sheriff: 0.2 mi
- F-100D Super Sabre "The Hun" Jet: 1.1 mi
- Roadside memorial for murdered Glendale police officer Anthony Holly: 1.8 mi
- Glendale USS Arizona Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Pope John Paul II Visit Cupola: 3.9 mi
- Sonorita Park: 0.3 mi
- Sonorita Park: 0.3 mi
- Myrtle Park: 0.4 mi
- Lawrence Park: 0.6 mi
- Sands Park: 0.6 mi
- Risen Christ: 3.9 mi
- Watermark: 4.2 mi
- S: 6.6 mi
- A Path for Water: 6.9 mi
- Setting up the Competition: 7.2 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 6.0 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 7.0 mi
- Tea House: 8.3 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 10.6 mi
- Arch: 10.8 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Shaw Butte: 6.7 mi
- North Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Moon Hill: 7.4 mi
- Moon Mountain: 7.6 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 5.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.7 mi
- Bio Garden: 6.9 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 7.1 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 7.2 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 0.2 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 0.2 mi
- Martin Auto Museum: 5.3 mi
- Sunnyslope Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Sun Cities Area Historical Society/Del Webb Sun Cities Museum: 7.5 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 10.5 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 11.0 mi
- Tres Rios Wetlands: 11.6 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 7.3 mi
- Pima Area 4: 7.3 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 7.3 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 7.3 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 7.4 mi
- Big Spring: 20.3 mi
- Burro Spring: 22.6 mi
- Mountain Spring: 22.7 mi
- Chalky Spring: 22.9 mi
- Jims Spring: 23.9 mi
- Chinese Wall: 15.8 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 23.7 mi
- Morrells Wall: 24.1 mi
- Sven Slab: 24.7 mi
- Marinette: 6.5 mi
- Illinois: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of The Bead Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SSW 197° | 1,375 m | 19.3 mi |
| Quartz Peak | S 187° | 1,235 m | 21.6 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | S 185° | 1,221 m | 21.6 mi |
| Thompson Peak | ENE 71° | 1,214 m | 22.6 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | ENE 68° | 1,192 m | 22.3 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | S 190° | 1,113 m | 20.5 mi |
| Baacon | W 269° | 914 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | NE 55° | 905 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| September equinox | 06:18 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 92 | 91 | 85 | 73 | 61 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Youngtown, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11762253523
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 7 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 10 mi
- Scottsdale · 15 mi
- Guadalupe · 17 mi
- Tempe · 18 mi
- Mesa · 22 mi
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