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Altadena Park

Altadena Park from directly overhead

Altadena Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 426 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Roadrunner Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 29 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1963
Elevation
426 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.59153, -112.00195
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roadrunner Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cholla Cove Park: 0.7 mi
  • Melrose Park: 0.9 mi
  • Townhomes on the Park: 1.1 mi
  • Indian Bend Wash Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 3.4 mi
  • Barry Goldwater Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 4.6 mi
  • Cloud 9: 4.9 mi
  • iron statue: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Phoenix Bat Cave: 5.3 mi
  • Starfire Golf Club: 5.3 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 7.6 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 7.6 mi
  • Bam Kazam: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 4.3 mi
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 5.4 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Entry Garden: 7.7 mi
  • CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 7.7 mi
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 34
  • Maricopa Area 3: 3.7 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 3.7 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 3.8 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 3.8 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 3.8 mi
Springs: 33
  • Mountain Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Jims Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Apache Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 20.6 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Altadena Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 62°1,240 m13.1 mi
McDowell PeakENE 66°1,230 m11.6 mi
Thompson PeakENE 72°1,214 m11.5 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 60°1,196 m12.6 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 65°1,192 m11.3 mi
Granite MountainNE 41°1,072 m17.5 mi
Troon MountainNE 47°1,060 m12.6 mi
Cholla MountainNE 37°1,038 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555764717989939287756354
Precip in1.11.21.10.30.20.00.90.80.60.60.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro179 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus88 obs
  • Western Honey Bee78 obs
  • Creosote Bush71 obs
  • stinknet71 obs
  • Gambel's Quail54 obs
  • Brittlebush53 obs
  • cheeseweed mallow50 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/61266912

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