Cactus Park
Cactus Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 380 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is David C. Uribe, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1962
- Elevation
- 380 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- David C. Uribe: 0.0 mi
- Glendale USS Arizona Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Cloud 9: 3.1 mi
- Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 4.5 mi
- Territorial Sheriff: 4.5 mi
- Surrey Park: 0.8 mi
- Westown Park: 0.8 mi
- Memmingen Park: 1.4 mi
- Acoma Park: 1.5 mi
- Cave Creek Park - Sandlilly: 1.6 mi
- Shaw Butte: 3.1 mi
- Moon Hill: 3.3 mi
- Moon Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 4.0 mi
- North Mountain: 4.0 mi
- S: 4.0 mi
- Risen Christ: 4.7 mi
- A Path for Water: 4.9 mi
- Freeway Pot: 7.0 mi
- Paseo Highlands Agave Grotto: 7.1 mi
- Arch: 6.3 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 8.9 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 9.1 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 9.8 mi
- Tea House: 10.0 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 5.4 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 6.4 mi
- Entry Garden: 8.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.2 mi
- Bio Garden: 8.4 mi
- Martin Auto Museum: 1.4 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 4.4 mi
- The Bead Museum: 4.5 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 4.6 mi
- Sunnyslope Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 4.3 mi
- Pima Area 4: 4.3 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 4.3 mi
- Maricopa Area 3: 4.4 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 4.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Calderwood Butte Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Big Spring: 18.1 mi
- Mountain Spring: 19.2 mi
- Jims Spring: 19.5 mi
- Apache Spring: 20.0 mi
- Burro Spring: 20.2 mi
- Chinese Wall: 18.3 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 20.1 mi
- Morrells Wall: 20.5 mi
- Sven Slab: 21.0 mi
- Marinette: 7.5 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 22.8 mi
- Illinois: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Cactus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell Peak | ENE 76° | 1,230 m | 19.2 mi |
| Thompson Peak | E 80° | 1,214 m | 19.2 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | ENE 72° | 1,196 m | 19.9 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | ENE 76° | 1,192 m | 18.8 mi |
| Troon Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,060 m | 19.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 37° | 1,030 m | 19.1 mi |
| Apache Peak | NNE 18° | 970 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | ENE 60° | 905 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 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, 8 mi away.
- Mourning Dove118 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle116 obs
- Rock Pigeon71 obs
- Northern Mockingbird60 obs
- Western Honey Bee59 obs
- Domestic Cat56 obs
- stinknet53 obs
- House Sparrow42 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/125083298
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 7 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 12 mi
- Scottsdale · 14 mi
- Tempe · 18 mi
- Guadalupe · 19 mi
- Mesa · 22 mi
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