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Cam-Boh Picnic Area

Cam-Boh Picnic Area from directly overhead

Cam-Boh Picnic Area is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 760 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
760 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.31927, -111.16604

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area: 2.5 mi
  • Twin Peaks Highlands Park: 3.9 mi
  • Continental Reserve Park: 3.9 mi
  • Continental Ranch Community Park II: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Sanctuary Cove: 2.7 mi
  • Malcolmson Donation: 3.4 mi
  • Andrada: 4.2 mi
  • Ina Silverbell Parcel: 5.0 mi
  • El Rio Preserve: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 55
Gardens: 53
  • Pollination Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Agave Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Moth Garden: 5.3 mi
  • aquaponics: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Prehistoric Rock Art: 3.2 mi
  • Ancient Arizona and Sonorasaurus: 5.2 mi
  • Mountain Woodland: 5.2 mi
  • Desert Grassland: 5.3 mi
  • Cat Canyon: 5.3 mi
Springs: 33
  • Cochie Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Finger Rock Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Bass Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Pima Spring: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 23
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Cam-Boh Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cathedral RockENE 76°2,425.64 m19.4 mi
Window PeakENE 78°2,277 m18.5 mi
Mount KimballENE 76°2,213.56 m17.2 mi
Little KimballENE 78°2,171 m17.4 mi
Gorp PeakE 80°2,037 m17.0 mi
Prominent PointENE 78°2,017.75 m16.0 mi
Finger GuardENE 79°1,972.4 m16.1 mi
Finger RockENE 78°1,960.9 m16.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:37
June solstice05:1918:5919:35
September equinox06:1417:5018:23
December solstice07:2316:4717:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661687686888682726152
Precip in1.01.00.70.30.20.32.12.01.30.70.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson 17 NW, 5 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Saguaro National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Aug and Jul; busiest: Mar.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro245 obs
  • fishhook barrel cactus197 obs
  • Chain-fruit Cholla72 obs
  • Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake67 obs
  • Zebra-tailed Lizard67 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus65 obs
  • Gila Woodpecker50 obs
  • ocotillo49 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 node/359243781

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