Ayres Park
Ayres Park is a park in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 831 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kathryn Albertson Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 831 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway
- 6.6 mi off the Payette River Scenic Byway, National
- 8.3 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
- 12.3 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Kathryn Albertson Park: 0.2 mi
- Idaho Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Shoreline Park: 0.6 mi
- Morris Hill Park: 0.6 mi
- Ann Morrison Park: 0.6 mi
- Playing Around: 0.9 mi
- Galactic: 0.9 mi
- Cover Ups: 1.0 mi
- Shapes I: 1.0 mi
- Don't make me lose my mind baby. Sweating, all because of you.: 1.0 mi
- Table Rock: 4.4 mi
- Lucky Peak: 8.5 mi
- Eagleson Summit: 8.6 mi
- Aldape Peak: 8.8 mi
- Boise Peak: 9.3 mi
- World Trade Center Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Idaho Fallen Firefighters Memorial Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Firefighter’s Prayer Statue: 0.4 mi
- Ray Need, M.D. Engraved Stone: 0.8 mi
- Billy Moynihan Engraved Stone: 0.8 mi
- All Saints Refugee Garden: 1.1 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
- Borah Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum: 2.4 mi
- Mary Grunewald McGown Pollinator Garden: 3.0 mi
- Boise Art Museum: 1.2 mi
- Idaho State Museum: 1.3 mi
- Idaho Black History Museum: 1.3 mi
- Discovery Center of Idaho: 1.6 mi
- Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center: 3.0 mi
- North End Native Plant Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Hulls Gulch Reserve: 2.4 mi
- Hillside to Hollow Reserve: 2.7 mi
- Foothills East Reserve: 2.8 mi
- Chief Eagle Eye Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Historic Broadway Block: 2.4 mi
- A-10: 3.6 mi
- Camille Beckman Factory: 10.2 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 13.9 mi
- Riverside Beach: 5.2 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 10.4 mi
- Marianne Williams Park Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Barclay Bay Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 11.2 mi
- Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 11.3 mi
- Baldwin: 1.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ayres Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafer Butte | NNE 33° | 2,308 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mores Mountain | NNE 30° | 2,202 m | 14.1 mi |
| Doe Point | NE 35° | 2,151 m | 11.8 mi |
| Deer Point | NE 34° | 2,150 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bob's Knob | NE 39° | 2,024 m | 13.1 mi |
| Gardiner Peak | NE 48° | 2,011 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Deer Point | NE 34° | 1,997 m | 10.8 mi |
| Boise Peak | NE 49° | 1,978 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:47 | 21:31 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:16 | 16:25 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise AIR Terminal, 3 mi away.
- Mallard785 obs
- Canada Goose756 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel533 obs
- Wood Duck392 obs
- Great Blue Heron349 obs
- Song Sparrow222 obs
- Pond Slider213 obs
- Western Honey Bee197 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/615637357
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