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Cole Park

Cole Park from directly overhead

Cole Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 363 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
363 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.38459, -111.90115

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rotary Park: 0.2 mi
  • Optimist Park: 0.9 mi
  • Arredondo Park: 0.9 mi
  • Gaicki Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hollis Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
  • Simply Smashing: 1.6 mi
  • Pillar of Knowledge: 3.1 mi
  • King Ben's Castle: 3.7 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Axe Adventures: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 39
Picnic sites: 30
Nature reserves: 20
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 2
  • Mountain Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 4.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Cole Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McDowell PeakNNE 14°1,230 m19.6 mi
Thompson PeakNNE 16°1,214 m18.7 mi
Drinkwater PeakNNE 13°1,192 m19.6 mi
Pass MountainENE 68°1,007 m18.9 mi
Santan MountainSE 143°949 m18.3 mi
Sunrise PeakNNE 24°935 m17.0 mi
Peak 3004ENE 69°916 m19.6 mi
Usery MountainENE 62°905 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:41
September equinox06:1617:5318:26
December solstice07:2816:4717:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555763697785919085746254
Precip in1.01.11.00.20.20.11.01.30.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard134 obs
  • Fiery Skipper80 obs
  • stinknet75 obs
  • House Finch71 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird70 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird68 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle65 obs
  • Western Honey Bee64 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29208350

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