Falcon Park
Falcon Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 326 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cadillac Graveyard, a attraction 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1956
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cadillac Graveyard: 0.5 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 2.1 mi
- Tea House: 3.3 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 8.5 mi
- Mill of Madness: 8.6 mi
- Willow Park: 0.9 mi
- Yunya Park: 1.0 mi
- Los Vecinos Soccer Field: 1.3 mi
- Kuban Park: 1.4 mi
- Sueno Park: 1.4 mi
- Winged Victory: 2.2 mi
- Watermark: 2.9 mi
- Kasuga-Doro: 3.3 mi
- Pagoda: 3.3 mi
- Shachi: 3.3 mi
- USS Missouri Stern Flag Marker: 2.3 mi
- Arizona Pioneer Women Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Arizona Workers Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Father Eusibio Kino Statue: 2.3 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Maricopa Peak: 8.8 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 8.9 mi
- Phoenix Mountains: 9.0 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 9.0 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
- Bio Garden: 3.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 3.1 mi
- Dry Garden: 3.3 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 3.3 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 2.5 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 2.6 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 3.4 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 3.9 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 3.9 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 8.5 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 8.5 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 9.2 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 9.3 mi
- Pima Area 4: 9.4 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 4.5 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 8.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.6 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.7 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Chinese Wall: 9.6 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 24.2 mi
- Morrells Wall: 24.7 mi
- Marinette: 12.4 mi
- Illinois: 18.5 mi
- Mountain Spring: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Falcon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SSW 214° | 1,375 m | 15.4 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | S 191° | 1,313 m | 19.4 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 199° | 1,235 m | 16.8 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 53° | 1,230 m | 22.8 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,221 m | 16.6 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 55° | 1,214 m | 22.5 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 52° | 1,192 m | 22.6 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SSW 204° | 1,113 m | 15.9 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 | 07:29 | 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, 7 mi away.
- stinknet26 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis11 obs
- Phoenix talussnail11 obs
- cheeseweed mallow7 obs
- Keeled Rock Gecko6 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove5 obs
- Rock Pigeon5 obs
- West Coast Lady5 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/152855299
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 4 mi
- Phoenix · 5 mi
- Guadalupe · 12 mi
- Scottsdale · 12 mi
- Tempe · 13 mi
- Mesa · 18 mi
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