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Sentinel Peak Park

Sentinel Peak Park from directly overhead

Sentinel Peak Park is a nature reserve in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 854 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The big "A", a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

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Coordinates32.21102, -110.99240

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 0.1 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 2.1 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Twin Hills: 3.4 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
  • Tumamoc Desert Laboratory: 0.9 mi
  • West Branch Santa Cruz: 1.1 mi
  • Mission & 36th: 1.2 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Paseo de Las Iglesias: 1.5 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Pima Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 13.9 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Tumamoc and the River of Life: 0.3 mi
  • La Primera Vista: 0.3 mi
  • Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 0.5 mi
  • Be Kind: 0.7 mi
  • Mesquite Garden Archway: 0.9 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Mission Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Desert Survivors: 0.4 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 48
  • The big "A": 0.0 mi
  • La Pilita Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Community Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Barrio Histórico District: 1.2 mi
  • Snob Hollow: 1.4 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 23
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 16.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 17.8 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 17.8 mi
  • Alcatraz: 17.8 mi
  • Sun Spot: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Sentinel Peak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cathedral RockNE 36°2,425.64 m14.9 mi
Window PeakNE 35°2,277 m13.9 mi
Mount KimballNNE 30°2,213.56 m13.3 mi
Little KimballNNE 32°2,171 m12.9 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 32°2,037 m12.4 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNE 45°2,030.51 m15.0 mi
Prominent PointNNE 27°2,017.75 m12.0 mi
Finger GuardNNE 28°1,972.4 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:36
June solstice05:1918:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4717:24

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro311 obs
  • Mourning Dove259 obs
  • Creosote Bush201 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner160 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher154 obs
  • ocotillo140 obs
  • Brittlebush139 obs
  • House Finch130 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/86353048

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