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Horizon Park

Horizon Park from directly overhead

Horizon Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 458 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Impulsion, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
458 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Scottsdale

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.62690, -111.87586
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Thunderbird/Redfield Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bell94 Sports Complex: 1.1 mi
  • Aztec Park: 1.3 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
  • Sweetwater Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Whitman Square: 2.2 mi
  • Taliesin West: 2.3 mi
  • Starfire Golf Club: 3.2 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 4.9 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 57
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 2.6 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Scottsdale Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Putting Green: 7.8 mi
  • Fountain Hills Community Garden: 9.1 mi
Springs: 55
  • Mountain Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Agua Chiquita Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Blue Mountain Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 17.6 mi
Museums: 42
Picnic sites: 35
Nature reserves: 21
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 2
  • Illinois: 20.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Horizon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndNE 50°1,240 m5.7 mi
McDowell PeakNE 56°1,230 m4.0 mi
Thompson PeakENE 72°1,214 m3.9 mi
Tom's ThumbNE 44°1,196 m5.3 mi
Drinkwater PeakNE 52°1,192 m3.8 mi
Granite MountainNNE 21°1,072 m11.6 mi
Troon MountainNNE 18°1,060 m6.4 mi
Cholla MountainNNE 15°1,038 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:39
June solstice05:1819:0519:42
September equinox06:1617:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555764717989939287756354
Precip in1.11.21.10.30.20.00.90.80.60.60.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro141 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus129 obs
  • Gambel's Quail119 obs
  • Teddybear Cholla90 obs
  • Cactus Wren78 obs
  • Buckhorn Cholla76 obs
  • Creosote Bush72 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus70 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/254205041

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