G.R. Herberger Park
G.R. Herberger Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 385 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Arcadia Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1978
- Elevation
- 385 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 23.9 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Arcadia Park: 0.4 mi
- Jokake Grounds: 1.0 mi
- Paiute Park: 1.0 mi
- West Lawn: 1.2 mi
- East Lawn: 1.2 mi
- Crucifix: 1.1 mi
- Tree of Life: 1.9 mi
- Barry Goldwater Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Tovrea Castle: 3.1 mi
- Tall Cross: 3.4 mi
- Camp Papago WWII Prisoner Escape Tunnel Exit: 1.5 mi
- timeline: 1.6 mi
- HY-VIEW: 1.6 mi
- One-Eyed Jack: 1.6 mi
- Jack Knife: 1.6 mi
- Barnes Butte: 1.6 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Papago Buttes: 1.8 mi
- The Praying Monk: 2.1 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 2.5 mi
- Lovely Bride: 1.7 mi
- Visitors Center: 2.1 mi
- Majestic Mariposas: 2.1 mi
- Akimel O'Odham Kitchen: 2.3 mi
- The Hole in the Rock: 2.5 mi
- Boulder Garden: 2.0 mi
- Desert Botanical Garden Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Sonoran Desert Garden: 2.0 mi
- Shade Garden: 2.1 mi
- Bee Garden: 2.1 mi
- Shemer Art Center: 1.3 mi
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West: 1.6 mi
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.9 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 3.0 mi
- S'edav Va'aki Museum: 3.5 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 1.9 mi
- Ramada #1: 8.0 mi
- Ramada #2=: 8.1 mi
- Ramada #5: 8.2 mi
- Ramada #6: 8.2 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 8.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Chinese Wall: 11.6 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 15.7 mi
- Morrells Wall: 16.1 mi
- Sven Slab: 16.7 mi
- Coon Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Mountain Spring: 14.8 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 24.3 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 24.9 mi
- Illinois: 12.4 mi
- Marinette: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of G.R. Herberger Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NE 34° | 1,240 m | 15.8 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 34° | 1,230 m | 14.1 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 38° | 1,214 m | 13.5 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 32° | 1,196 m | 15.6 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 33° | 1,192 m | 14.0 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,060 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NE 51° | 935 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | NNE 18° | 905 m | 17.2 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 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Common Chuckwalla144 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle121 obs
- saguaro101 obs
- Gambel's Quail66 obs
- Monarch66 obs
- Brittlebush59 obs
- Creosote Bush57 obs
- Desert Cottontail50 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/61418853
Day trips start here
- Scottsdale · 1 mi
- Tempe · 6 mi
- Phoenix · 7 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 8 mi
- Guadalupe · 8 mi
- Mesa · 9 mi
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