Cholla Park
Cholla Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 368 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Memmingen Park, a park 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City Of Glendale
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Memmingen Park: 0.5 mi
- Sunset Palms Park: 0.9 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 1.1 mi
- Paseo Place Park: 1.2 mi
- Glendale USS Arizona Memorial: 1.1 mi
- David C. Uribe: 1.9 mi
- Territorial Sheriff: 3.6 mi
- F-100D Super Sabre "The Hun" Jet: 4.5 mi
- Cloud 9: 4.9 mi
- Shaw Butte: 5.0 mi
- Moon Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Moon Hill: 5.2 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 5.7 mi
- North Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Risen Christ: 5.3 mi
- S: 5.7 mi
- A Path for Water: 6.5 mi
- Watermark: 7.6 mi
- Paseo Highlands Agave Grotto: 7.8 mi
- Arch: 7.5 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 9.0 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 9.5 mi
- Tea House: 10.5 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 11.2 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 6.9 mi
- Prayer Garden: 7.1 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 7.2 mi
- Entry Garden: 8.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.8 mi
- Martin Auto Museum: 2.0 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 3.4 mi
- The Bead Museum: 3.5 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 3.6 mi
- Sunnyslope Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Calderwood Butte Nature Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 12.6 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 6.1 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 6.1 mi
- Pima Area 4: 6.1 mi
- Maricopa Area 3: 6.2 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 6.2 mi
- Big Spring: 17.4 mi
- Burro Spring: 19.7 mi
- Chalky Spring: 19.9 mi
- Jims Spring: 20.6 mi
- Mountain Spring: 21.0 mi
- Chinese Wall: 18.7 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 22.0 mi
- Morrells Wall: 22.4 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.9 mi
- Marinette: 5.7 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Cholla Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell Peak | ENE 77° | 1,230 m | 21.0 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | ENE 76° | 1,192 m | 20.7 mi |
| Troon Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,060 m | 21.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 41° | 1,030 m | 20.5 mi |
| Apache Peak | NNE 23° | 970 m | 20.8 mi |
| Daisy Mountain | NNE 11° | 958 m | 20.7 mi |
| Baacon | W 260° | 914 m | 20.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | ENE 62° | 905 m | 20.2 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 | 06:18 | 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 | 53 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 87 | 92 | 91 | 85 | 73 | 61 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Youngtown, 7 mi away.
- Mourning Dove120 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle114 obs
- stinknet93 obs
- Indian Peafowl75 obs
- Rock Pigeon74 obs
- Western Honey Bee69 obs
- Northern Mockingbird63 obs
- Domestic Cat56 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/123631635
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 8 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 12 mi
- Scottsdale · 15 mi
- Guadalupe · 19 mi
- Tempe · 19 mi
- Mesa · 23 mi
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