Acacia Park
Acacia Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 395 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Country Gables Park, a park 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1965
- Elevation
- 395 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Country Gables Park: 0.5 mi
- Cave Creek Park - Thunderbird: 0.9 mi
- Cave Creek Park - Sweetwater: 1.0 mi
- Westown Park: 1.1 mi
- Cave Creek Park - Larkspur: 1.2 mi
- Moon Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Moon Hill: 2.0 mi
- Shaw Butte: 2.5 mi
- North Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 3.9 mi
- David C. Uribe: 1.8 mi
- Cloud 9: 2.6 mi
- Glendale USS Arizona Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 4.6 mi
- Pope John Paul II Visit Cupola: 5.9 mi
- S: 3.9 mi
- A Path for Water: 5.0 mi
- Paseo Highlands Agave Grotto: 5.6 mi
- Risen Christ: 5.9 mi
- Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge: 6.6 mi
- Arch: 4.6 mi
- Jeep Wreck: 9.5 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 9.8 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 10.3 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 10.4 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 5.5 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 7.5 mi
- Entry Garden: 8.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 9.3 mi
- Bio Garden: 9.5 mi
- Martin Auto Museum: 1.8 mi
- Sunnyslope Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Sahuaro Central Museum: 5.9 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 6.3 mi
- The Bead Museum: 6.3 mi
- Big Spring: 17.6 mi
- Mountain Spring: 17.7 mi
- Jims Spring: 17.7 mi
- Apache Spring: 18.2 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 19.2 mi
- Maricopa Area 3: 3.8 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 3.8 mi
- Pima Area 4: 3.9 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 3.9 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 3.9 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
- Calderwood Butte Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 18.7 mi
- Morrells Wall: 19.0 mi
- Chinese Wall: 19.5 mi
- Sven Slab: 19.5 mi
- West Point: 24.0 mi
- Marinette: 8.7 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 21.3 mi
- Illinois: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Acacia Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | ENE 76° | 1,240 m | 19.0 mi |
| McDowell Peak | E 80° | 1,230 m | 17.8 mi |
| Thompson Peak | E 84° | 1,214 m | 17.9 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | ENE 76° | 1,196 m | 18.4 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | E 80° | 1,192 m | 17.4 mi |
| Troon Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,060 m | 17.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 37° | 1,030 m | 17.3 mi |
| Apache Peak | NNE 17° | 970 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 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 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 92 | 92 | 86 | 75 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix Deer Valley Muni AP, 6 mi away.
- stinknet32 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle24 obs
- European Starling20 obs
- Rosy-faced Lovebird20 obs
- Gambel's Quail18 obs
- Gila Woodpecker18 obs
- saguaro16 obs
- Rock Pigeon15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/168610943
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 8 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 13 mi
- Scottsdale · 13 mi
- Tempe · 18 mi
- Guadalupe · 19 mi
- Mesa · 22 mi
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