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Ryan Park

Ryan Park from directly overhead

Ryan Park is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 745 m. Keystone Peak stands 1,881 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hill Farm, a nature reserve 2.4 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.13505, -111.15126

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Hill Farm: 2.4 mi
  • Double V Scout Ranch: 5.8 mi
  • Mountain Village Estates: 5.8 mi
  • Beehive Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Bureau of Reclamation Wildlife Mitigation Corridor: 6.6 mi
Parks
  • Star Valley Community Park: 2.4 mi
  • Branding Iron Park: 2.5 mi
  • Ironwood Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Pascua Pueblo Park: 4.6 mi
  • Pueblo Park Track: 4.6 mi
Peaks
  • Snyder Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Saginaw Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Red Butte: 5.1 mi
  • Golden Gate Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Beehive Peak: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Moth Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Agave Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Pollination Gardens: 7.5 mi
  • Desert Survivors: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 54
  • La Primera Vista: 10.6 mi
  • Tumamoc and the River of Life: 10.7 mi
  • Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 11.2 mi
  • Be Kind: 11.4 mi
  • Mesquite Garden Archway: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 43
  • The Mission: 5.9 mi
  • North End Set: 5.9 mi
  • Raptor Free Flight: 7.4 mi
  • Riparian Corridor: 7.5 mi
  • Cat Canyon: 7.5 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 21
  • Titan II Missile Base #11: 6.9 mi
  • Bowen Stone House Ruins: 7.3 mi
  • Battle of the Bulge: 12.0 mi
  • JFK Memorial Plaque: 12.0 mi
  • January 8th Memorial: 12.0 mi
Springs: 10
  • Sid Simpson Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Grays Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Bills Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Finger Rock Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Pima Spring: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Ryan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keystone PeakSSW 192°1,881 m18.2 mi
Samaniego PeakS 191°1,814 m15.7 mi
Red Boy PeakS 191°1,808 m19.1 mi
Placer PeakS 190°1,801 m17.9 mi
Ritchey PeakS 186°1,559 m18.5 mi
Iron MountainSSW 198°1,470 m18.7 mi
Wasson PeakN 1°1,414 m9.6 mi
Gunsight MountainSSW 204°1,411 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:37
June solstice05:1918:5919:35
September equinox06:1417:5018:23
December solstice07:2216:4717:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535561677685878682726153
Precip in1.00.80.60.30.20.32.22.21.00.80.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson 11 W, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/592197437

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