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Crossed Arrows Park

Crossed Arrows Park from directly overhead

Crossed Arrows Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 439 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandpiper Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 27 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1979
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.62032, -111.94871
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 3.1 mi
  • Whitman Square: 6.0 mi
  • Taliesin West: 6.0 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 6.1 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 6.1 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 58
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 1.8 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 8.0 mi
  • Putting Green: 8.2 mi
  • Scottsdale Community Garden: 8.3 mi
Springs: 48
  • Mountain Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Jims Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Apache Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 18.0 mi
Museums: 40
Picnic sites: 34
  • Maricopa Area 3: 7.2 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 7.2 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 7.3 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 7.3 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 19.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Crossed Arrows Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 64°1,240 m9.5 mi
McDowell PeakENE 70°1,230 m8.0 mi
Thompson PeakENE 78°1,214 m8.0 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 62°1,196 m9.0 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 69°1,192 m7.7 mi
Granite MountainNE 36°1,072 m14.0 mi
Troon MountainNE 43°1,060 m9.0 mi
Cholla MountainNNE 32°1,038 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555764717989939287756354
Precip in1.11.21.10.30.20.00.90.80.60.60.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle55 obs
  • Gambel's Quail35 obs
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird31 obs
  • Desert Cottontail24 obs
  • Mourning Dove17 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird16 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher14 obs
  • Gila Woodpecker14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/82651891

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