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Glendale Heroes Regional Park

Glendale Heroes Regional Park from directly overhead

Glendale Heroes Regional Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 333 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Discovery Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Built
2003

What to expect

Operated by
City of Glendale
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.52540, -112.23389

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Discovery Park: 0.4 mi
  • Grand Canal Linear Park: 0.4 mi
  • Desert Mirage Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sunset Ridge: 0.9 mi
  • Rovey Farm Estates HOA Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Cadillac Graveyard: 7.3 mi
  • APM Tech Specialist: 8.5 mi
  • Arizona State Fairgrounds: 8.8 mi
  • Tea House: 10.2 mi
  • White Alligator: 10.3 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 54
Museums: 39
Picnic sites: 20
  • Quechan Area 7: 10.3 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 10.4 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 10.4 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 10.4 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 10.4 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Burro Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Chalky Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Coyote Springs: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Glendale Heroes Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hayes PeakS 189°1,375 m17.6 mi
Montezuma PeakS 175°1,313 m23.7 mi
Barry Goldwater PeakW 280°1,243 m20.2 mi
Quartz PeakS 179°1,235 m20.4 mi
Butterfly MountainS 177°1,221 m20.5 mi
Montezuma SleepingS 182°1,113 m19.1 mi
BaaconW 273°914 m17.1 mi
Camelback MountainE 93°825 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0818:41
June solstice05:2019:0619:43
September equinox06:1817:5418:27
December solstice07:3016:4817:26

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535663707887929185736152
Precip in1.01.21.00.30.10.00.81.00.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Youngtown, 6 mi away.

  • Great-tailed Grackle20 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove13 obs
  • stinknet11 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard8 obs
  • Domestic Cat8 obs
  • Rock Pigeon7 obs
  • Mourning Dove6 obs
  • Mallard6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/415932496

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