Central Park
Central Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 329 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Grant Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1910
- Elevation
- 329 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Grant Park: 0.3 mi
- Harmon Park: 0.5 mi
- Nuestro Park: 0.7 mi
- Patriots Park: 0.7 mi
- Matthew Henson Park: 0.7 mi
- The Arizona Bolas: 0.7 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe: 0.8 mi
- St Francis of Assisi: 0.9 mi
- St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta: 0.9 mi
- circle of children playing: 0.9 mi
- Phoenix Employee Memorial: 0.7 mi
- The Avenue of Stars: 0.8 mi
- St. Pope John Paul II: 0.8 mi
- USS Arizona/Missouri Bow Flag Marker: 1.4 mi
- USS Arizona Monument: 1.4 mi
- Tea House: 1.6 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 2.6 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 3.8 mi
- Mill of Madness: 4.8 mi
- Axe Adventures: 5.7 mi
- Twin Butte: 6.2 mi
- Two Peaks: 6.3 mi
- Bell Butte: 6.4 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 6.5 mi
- Barnes Butte: 7.0 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 1.6 mi
- Dry Garden: 1.6 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
- Bio Garden: 3.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 3.3 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 0.7 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 0.8 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 0.8 mi
- Rosson House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Children's Museum of Phoenix: 0.9 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 6.4 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 6.4 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 7.0 mi
- Ramada #1: 8.8 mi
- Ramada #2=: 8.8 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 1.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 5.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 5.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Chinese Wall: 6.9 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 22.7 mi
- Morrells Wall: 23.1 mi
- Sven Slab: 23.7 mi
- Illinois: 14.7 mi
- Marinette: 15.9 mi
- Mountain Spring: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 227° | 1,375 m | 16.6 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 202° | 1,313 m | 19.0 mi |
| East End | NE 43° | 1,240 m | 22.8 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 212° | 1,235 m | 17.1 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 44° | 1,230 m | 21.1 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,221 m | 16.7 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 46° | 1,214 m | 20.6 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 42° | 1,196 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 54 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — South Phoenix, 4 mi away.
- stinknet220 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle172 obs
- Rock Pigeon166 obs
- Brittlebush118 obs
- House Sparrow80 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove77 obs
- Verdin75 obs
- House Finch75 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/220680232
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 0 mi
- Phoenix · 5 mi
- Guadalupe · 8 mi
- Scottsdale · 9 mi
- Tempe · 10 mi
- Mesa · 14 mi
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