Hermoso Park
Hermoso Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 341 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Copper Leaf Park One, a park 0.3 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1962
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Copper Leaf Park One: 0.3 mi
- Copper Leaf Park Three: 0.4 mi
- Copper Leaf Park Two: 0.4 mi
- Bishop Alexis A. Thomas Park: 0.6 mi
- Peace Park: 0.9 mi
- El Espiritu del Desierto: 1.0 mi
- Cuatro Animales Salvajes: 1.0 mi
- A Brief History of Technology: 1.0 mi
- Unity Wall: 1.2 mi
- Our Lade of Guadlupe: 2.1 mi
- Mill of Madness: 2.3 mi
- Axe Adventures: 4.0 mi
- Tea House: 5.0 mi
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 5.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 5.8 mi
- Two Peaks: 2.9 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 3.6 mi
- Twin Butte: 3.8 mi
- Bell Butte: 4.2 mi
- Mount Suappoa: 4.6 mi
- old stone houses: 3.1 mi
- Bower Park Commemoration: 4.0 mi
- Chapel Commemoration: 4.0 mi
- W.P. Hunt Building Commemoration: 4.0 mi
- Administration Building Commemoration: 4.0 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 5.0 mi
- Dry Garden: 5.1 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 6.0 mi
- The Learning Patch: 6.1 mi
- Secret Garden: 6.1 mi
- Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center: 2.5 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 4.0 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 4.1 mi
- Children's Museum of Phoenix: 4.1 mi
- Rosson House Museum: 4.1 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 4.1 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 4.1 mi
- Ramada #1: 5.9 mi
- Ramada #2=: 5.9 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 2.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 2.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 2.6 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Chinese Wall: 3.8 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 23.9 mi
- Morrells Wall: 24.3 mi
- Coon Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Sven Slab: 24.8 mi
- Illinois: 11.7 mi
- Marinette: 19.4 mi
- Mountain Spring: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Hermoso Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | WSW 239° | 1,375 m | 16.3 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 212° | 1,313 m | 17.2 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SW 224° | 1,235 m | 15.9 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 35° | 1,230 m | 22.3 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SW 222° | 1,221 m | 15.4 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 37° | 1,214 m | 21.6 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 34° | 1,192 m | 22.1 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SW 230° | 1,113 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 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 | 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.
- Cyclocephala longula198 obs
- stinknet88 obs
- Eupsophulus castaneus56 obs
- Carrot Beetle45 obs
- Western Honey Bee44 obs
- Ornativalva erubescens37 obs
- Red Harvester Ant35 obs
- Pallid-winged Grasshopper33 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/1436244660
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 3 mi
- Guadalupe · 5 mi
- Phoenix · 8 mi
- Tempe · 8 mi
- Scottsdale · 9 mi
- Chandler · 13 mi
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