San Tan Mountain Regional Park
San Tan Mountain Regional Park is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 549 m. Superstition Peak stands 1,541 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. Gila-Pinal Scenic Road passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 18.5 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
- 18.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Lookout · 29 mi
- Weaver's Needle Lookout · 29 mi
- Barrier-Free Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- San Tan Mountain Regional Park: 0.5 mi
- Mountain Vista Community Park: 2.8 mi
- Morning Sun Circle Park: 3.3 mi
- Green Tree Park: 3.5 mi
- Larissa Park: 3.6 mi
- Rock Peak: 1.4 mi
- Goldmine Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Malpais Hills: 2.3 mi
- Yellow Peak: 2.8 mi
- San Tan Mountains: 2.8 mi
- Mariposa Falls: 6.7 mi
- Dianoga: 12.9 mi
- Sundial: 13.5 mi
- Wall with Waves scultpure: 13.7 mi
- The Need To Know: 15.7 mi
- Desert Wells Stage Stop: 6.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial of Chandler: 9.7 mi
- Ammo Bunker (S-1008): 10.0 mi
- Ammo Bunker (S-1007): 10.1 mi
- Big Boulder: 10.5 mi
- Schnepf Farms: 5.5 mi
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 9.4 mi
- T38 Talon: 11.0 mi
- Vertuccio Farms: 13.3 mi
- Christmas on Comstock: 14.2 mi
- San Tan Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Tumbleweed Ranch: 13.7 mi
- Arizona Railway Museum: 14.1 mi
- Dungeon Tour: 16.4 mi
- Chandler Museum: 18.4 mi
- Queen Creek Botanical Gardens: 4.7 mi
- Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Cremation Garden: 13.5 mi
- Ethno-botanical Garden: 15.6 mi
- Entryway Garden: 16.7 mi
- Break Area: 16.1 mi
- Orbital ATK Courtyard: 16.2 mi
- Public Viewing Area: 21.7 mi
- Fiesta Ramadas: 23.0 mi
- Ramada #7: 23.1 mi
- Burrowing Owls Habitat: 9.4 mi
- Chaparral Habitat: 9.5 mi
- Humming Bird/Butterfly Habitat: 9.6 mi
- Tortoise Habitat: 9.6 mi
- Burrowing Owls Habitat: 9.7 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Black Point: 21.6 mi
- Dacite Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 23.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 25.0 mi
- Illinois: 17.6 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 22.7 mi
- Massacre Falls: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of San Tan Mountain Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superstition Peak | NE 37° | 1,541 m | 22.3 mi |
| Ironview Peak | NNE 29° | 1,531 m | 22.5 mi |
| The Flatiron | NNE 28° | 1,419 m | 22.2 mi |
| Superstition Mountains | NNE 33° | 1,398 m | 22.7 mi |
| Pass Mountain | N 5° | 1,007 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mineral Mountain | E 87° | 988 m | 23.1 mi |
| Santan Mountain | WNW 288° | 949 m | 4.5 mi |
| Dromedary Peak | ENE 73° | 917 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:03 | 19:39 |
| September equinox | 06:15 | 17:52 | 18:25 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
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 | 62 | 69 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 73 | 60 | 52 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chandler Heights, 5 mi away.
- saguaro390 obs
- Creosote Bush145 obs
- California Barrel Cactus110 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus85 obs
- desert ironwood81 obs
- Chain-fruit Cholla67 obs
- ocotillo65 obs
- Coulter's lupine54 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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