Cielito Park
Cielito Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Canyon Park, a park 0.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1969
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Canyon Park: 0.9 mi
- Kid Street Park: 1.4 mi
- Ladmo Park: 1.6 mi
- Mary Silva Park: 1.7 mi
- Adam Diaz Park: 1.9 mi
- Risen Christ: 2.0 mi
- Watermark: 3.1 mi
- Beyond What We Were: 3.6 mi
- Setting up the Competition: 3.6 mi
- Winged Victory: 4.3 mi
- Pope John Paul II Visit Cupola: 2.0 mi
- William G. Hartranft: 3.1 mi
- Roadside memorial for murdered Glendale police officer Anthony Holly: 3.4 mi
- F-100D Super Sabre "The Hun" Jet: 3.4 mi
- High Flight: 3.6 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 2.6 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 3.1 mi
- Tea House: 4.4 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 7.6 mi
- Mill of Madness: 10.4 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 5.9 mi
- North Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Shaw Butte: 6.8 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 7.1 mi
- Phoenix Mountains: 7.1 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 2.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.9 mi
- Bio Garden: 3.0 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 3.3 mi
- Entry Garden: 3.6 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 3.7 mi
- The Bead Museum: 3.9 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 4.1 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 4.2 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 4.4 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 6.7 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 10.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 6.5 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 6.6 mi
- Pima Area 4: 6.6 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 6.7 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 6.7 mi
- Chinese Wall: 12.3 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 22.4 mi
- Morrells Wall: 22.8 mi
- Sven Slab: 23.4 mi
- Mountain Spring: 21.4 mi
- Big Spring: 23.8 mi
- Marinette: 10.3 mi
- Illinois: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Cielito Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SSW 208° | 1,375 m | 18.1 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | S 190° | 1,313 m | 22.4 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 197° | 1,235 m | 19.7 mi |
| McDowell Peak | ENE 59° | 1,230 m | 21.1 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,221 m | 19.6 mi |
| Thompson Peak | ENE 62° | 1,214 m | 20.8 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 56° | 1,196 m | 22.2 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | ENE 59° | 1,192 m | 20.8 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 | 19:42 |
| 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–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 9 mi away.
- stinknet32 obs
- Phoenix talussnail11 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove9 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis8 obs
- Red Shiner8 obs
- House Sparrow6 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle5 obs
- European Starling5 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/436423451
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 3 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 6 mi
- Scottsdale · 11 mi
- Guadalupe · 13 mi
- Tempe · 14 mi
- Mesa · 19 mi
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