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Indian Bend Park

Indian Bend Park from directly overhead

Indian Bend Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 431 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Bend Wash Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 29 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1970
Elevation
431 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.61189, -112.00197
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • iron statue: 3.7 mi
  • Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 4.6 mi
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Spire: 4.8 mi
  • Cloud 9: 5.1 mi
  • Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 5.4 mi
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 5.5 mi
  • Phoenix Bat Cave: 6.7 mi
  • Arch: 7.4 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 8.2 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 58
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 4.9 mi
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 5.3 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 8.2 mi
  • CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 8.8 mi
  • Entry Garden: 8.9 mi
Springs: 42
  • Mountain Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Jims Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Apache Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 19.2 mi
Museums: 41
Picnic sites: 32
  • Maricopa Area 3: 4.1 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 4.2 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 4.2 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 4.3 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Indian Bend Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 68°1,240 m12.5 mi
McDowell PeakENE 73°1,230 m11.1 mi
Thompson PeakENE 78°1,214 m11.1 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 66°1,196 m12.0 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 72°1,192 m10.8 mi
Granite MountainNE 44°1,072 m16.4 mi
Troon MountainNE 52°1,060 m11.7 mi
Cholla MountainNE 40°1,038 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Vermilion Flycatcher32 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle31 obs
  • Mallard30 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus24 obs
  • Rock Pigeon22 obs
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird16 obs
  • Western Honey Bee16 obs
  • Leafhopper Assassin Bug16 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/71076574

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