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Freedom Park

Freedom Park from directly overhead

Freedom Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 788 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Swan Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.19776, -110.88676

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • 100-Acre Wood Bike Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ed Pastor Kino Environmental Restoration Project: 3.0 mi
  • Groves Park II: 4.0 mi
  • Robert A Price Senior Park: 5.3 mi
  • Julian Wash Archaelogical Park: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Poorman Range: 5.8 mi
  • Sentinel Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Twin Hills: 8.0 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 8.2 mi
Springs
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Gibbon Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Finger Rock Spring: 10.5 mi
Artworks: 55
  • ZOO: 2.1 mi
  • Moments To Remember: 2.8 mi
  • Butterfly Project Installation: 3.7 mi
  • Bouquet: 3.7 mi
  • Nest: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 54
Attractions: 47
  • A10 Thunderbolt: 1.0 mi
  • F4 Phantom: 1.1 mi
  • U2: 1.1 mi
  • O1 Bird Dog: 1.2 mi
  • C 130: 1.2 mi
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Jailhouse Rock: 13.3 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 13.3 mi
  • Alcatraz: 13.3 mi
  • Sun Spot: 15.2 mi
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Freedom Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cathedral RockN 11°2,425.64 m13.3 mi
Window PeakN 8°2,277 m12.5 mi
Rose PeakNE 37°2,214 m16.0 mi
Mount KimballN 2°2,213.56 m12.4 mi
Little KimballN 4°2,171 m11.9 mi
Tanque Verde PeakE 91°2,147 m14.9 mi
Gorp PeakN 2°2,037 m11.5 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE 21°2,030.51 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:35
June solstice05:1818:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:4918:22
December solstice07:2116:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763697887888783736253
Precip in0.90.80.60.30.20.32.02.61.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Vermilion Flycatcher75 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird43 obs
  • London rocket40 obs
  • Desert Spiny Lizard39 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard38 obs
  • fishhook barrel cactus35 obs
  • House Finch32 obs
  • Gila Woodpecker31 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/245599453

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