El Prado Park
El Prado Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 336 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lindo Park, a park 0.9 miles away. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- Lindo Park: 0.9 mi
- Liberty: 0.9 mi
- Roesley Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunland Estates Park: 1.3 mi
- Laveen Village Park: 1.6 mi
- Our Lade of Guadlupe: 1.5 mi
- Infinite Possibilities: 2.3 mi
- Cesar Chavez: 2.3 mi
- El Espiritu del Desierto: 3.9 mi
- Cuatro Animales Salvajes: 3.9 mi
- Cesar Chavez Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Arizona Law Enforcement K9 Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Ernest W. McFarland Memorial: 4.2 mi
- USS Missouri Stern Flag Marker: 4.3 mi
- Tea House: 5.3 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 5.7 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 5.7 mi
- Mill of Madness: 5.9 mi
- Axe Adventures: 7.5 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 5.3 mi
- Dry Garden: 5.3 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 5.8 mi
- Bio Garden: 6.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.8 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 3.7 mi
- Maricopa Peak: 4.1 mi
- Goat Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mount Suappoa: 4.2 mi
- Two Peaks: 4.8 mi
- Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center: 2.8 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 4.3 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 4.4 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 4.7 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 4.7 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 3.1 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 3.2 mi
- Ramada #1: 9.3 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Ramada #2=: 9.3 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 2.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 8.4 mi
- Chinese Wall: 4.4 mi
- Illinois: 14.9 mi
- Marinette: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of El Prado Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 233° | 1,375 m | 13.0 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 202° | 1,313 m | 15.1 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SW 215° | 1,235 m | 13.2 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 41° | 1,230 m | 24.9 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,221 m | 12.8 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 43° | 1,214 m | 24.3 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 40° | 1,192 m | 24.7 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SW 221° | 1,113 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 54 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — South Phoenix, 2 mi away.
- stinknet34 obs
- Marine Blue21 obs
- Queen20 obs
- Brittlebush18 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle16 obs
- Fatal Metalmark15 obs
- Costa's Hummingbird13 obs
- Curve-billed Thrasher13 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/153762275
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 4 mi
- Guadalupe · 8 mi
- Phoenix · 9 mi
- Tempe · 11 mi
- Scottsdale · 12 mi
- Chandler · 16 mi
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