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Tucson Children's Museum

Tucson Children's Museum from directly overhead

Tucson Children's Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 731 m. Marshall Peak stands 2,530 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Armory Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.21920, -110.96917

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Armory Park: 0.1 mi
  • Plaza de la Mesilla: 0.3 mi
  • Jácome Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Stevens Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • El Presidio Plaza: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Bactrian Summit: 4.6 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Pima Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 12.5 mi
Artworks: 56
Gardens: 54
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 0.7 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Mission Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Desert Survivors: 1.3 mi
  • Krutch Garden: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Barrio Histórico District: 0.3 mi
  • Community Mural: 0.4 mi
  • La Pilita Mural: 0.4 mi
  • Tucson Presidio: 0.4 mi
  • Butterfly Mural: 0.5 mi
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 23
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 16.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 16.3 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 16.3 mi
  • Alcatraz: 16.3 mi
  • Sun Spot: 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Tucson Children's Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marshall PeakNE 40°2,530 m18.4 mi
Cathedral RockNNE 32°2,425.64 m13.7 mi
Window PeakNNE 31°2,277 m12.7 mi
Rose PeakNE 52°2,214 m18.4 mi
Mount KimballNNE 26°2,213.56 m12.1 mi
Little KimballNNE 28°2,171 m11.8 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 28°2,037 m11.3 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNE 42°2,030.51 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:36
June solstice05:1918:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763697887888783736253
Precip in0.90.80.60.30.20.32.02.61.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/34690363

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