Connolly Field
Connolly Field is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 363 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Selleh Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 20 miles off.
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Selleh Park: 0.3 mi
- Culdesac Park: 0.6 mi
- Daumler Park: 0.8 mi
- Onnix Dog Park: 0.9 mi
- Alegre Park: 1.0 mi
- Simply Smashing: 0.6 mi
- Pillar of Knowledge: 2.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 3.4 mi
- King Ben's Castle: 3.7 mi
- Scarizona Scaregrounds: 3.9 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.7 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.7 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 1.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 3.3 mi
- Ernest W. McFarland: 1.8 mi
- Night People: 1.9 mi
- The Tilted Landscape: 1.9 mi
- Air Apparent: 2.0 mi
- Spirit of Inquiry: 2.0 mi
- Hayden Butte: 2.7 mi
- Bell Butte: 4.0 mi
- Twin Butte: 4.3 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 4.5 mi
- Papago Buttes: 5.2 mi
- Escalante Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College: 1.7 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 1.8 mi
- Outback Arbor: 2.0 mi
- The Learning Patch: 2.0 mi
- Pixypros Selfie Museum: 1.8 mi
- Tempe History Museum: 1.9 mi
- Arizona State University Art Museum: 2.5 mi
- Zarco Guerrero: 2.8 mi
- Arizona Heritage Center: 3.4 mi
- Ramada #2=: 3.1 mi
- Ramada #1: 3.1 mi
- Ramada #5: 3.2 mi
- Ramada #6: 3.2 mi
- Ramada #7: 3.2 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 6.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 7.9 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Chinese Wall: 9.7 mi
- Coon Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 19.8 mi
- Morrells Wall: 20.2 mi
- Sven Slab: 20.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 19.0 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 23.8 mi
- Illinois: 5.6 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Connolly Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell Peak | NNE 15° | 1,230 m | 18.2 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 17° | 1,214 m | 17.3 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 14° | 1,192 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pass Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,007 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NNE 25° | 935 m | 15.7 mi |
| Peak 3004 | ENE 73° | 916 m | 19.0 mi |
| Usery Mountain | ENE 66° | 905 m | 16.3 mi |
| Peak 2933 | ENE 68° | 894 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 2 mi away.
- stinknet147 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle90 obs
- Rock Pigeon78 obs
- House Finch75 obs
- Fiery Skipper74 obs
- Northern Mockingbird73 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird71 obs
- Western Honey Bee67 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/1119329675
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