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Bow and Arrow Park

Bow and Arrow Park from directly overhead

Bow and Arrow Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,106 m. Humphreys Peak stands 3,851 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ponderosa Trails Park, a park 0.3 miles away. San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road passes 5.3 miles off.

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Coordinates35.16401, -111.66303

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Tunnel Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Landon Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Griffiths Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Belle Spring: 4.3 mi
  • O'Neill Spring: 4.6 mi
Peaks
  • McMillan Mesa: 5.0 mi
  • Woody Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Riordan Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Observatory Mesa: 5.9 mi
  • Devils Head: 6.2 mi
Parks: 53
  • Ponderosa Trails Park: 0.3 mi
  • University Highlands Park: 0.9 mi
  • South Quad: 1.0 mi
  • Arroyo Park: 1.6 mi
  • Riordan Mansion State Historic Park: 1.6 mi
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 23
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 14
  • Riordan Mansion: 1.6 mi
  • Military Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Military Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Model Railroad Building: 2.3 mi
  • Mess Hall: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Maricopa Ramada: 2.1 mi
  • Cochise Ramada: 2.2 mi
  • Navajo Ramada: 2.3 mi
  • Yavapai Ramada: 2.3 mi
  • Lake Mary Boat Landin: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Gardens: 8
  • The Hummingbird Garden: 2.0 mi
  • The Wildflower Garden: 2.0 mi
  • The Lizard Garden: 2.0 mi
  • The Pond and Wetland Garden: 2.0 mi
  • The Forest Garden: 2.0 mi
Historic sites: 8
Rest areas: 2
  • Parks Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Parks Rest Area: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Devil's Bridge: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Sycamore Falls: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Bow and Arrow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Humphreys PeakN 356°3,850.77 m12.6 mi
Agassiz PeakN 356°3,766 m11.2 mi
Fremont PeakN 1°3,648 m11.0 mi
Aubineau PeakN 1°3,608 m13.2 mi
Rees PeakN 3°3,497 m13.3 mi
Doyle PeakN 5°3,493 m11.5 mi
Schultz PeakN 10°3,074 m10.6 mi
Elden MountainNE 35°2,834 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0518:39
June solstice05:1319:0719:45
September equinox06:1517:5218:25
December solstice07:3216:4017:19

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313338445161676558483830
Precip in2.12.21.90.90.80.32.63.01.81.51.61.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flagstaff AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dark-eyed Junco132 obs
  • Plateau Fence Lizard103 obs
  • Southwestern Ponderosa Pine87 obs
  • Common Raven76 obs
  • American Crow73 obs
  • American Robin69 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee65 obs
  • great mullein63 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/570789975

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