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James C Thomas Park

James C Thomas Park from directly overhead

James C Thomas Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 768 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sam Lena Recreation Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

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Coordinates32.18628, -110.93166

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sam Lena Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
  • Willie Blake Junior Community Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pueblo Grande Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pueblo Gardens Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Ed Pastor Kino Environmental Restoration Project: 0.3 mi
  • 100-Acre Wood Bike Park: 1.7 mi
  • Julian Wash Archaelogical Park: 2.8 mi
  • Paseo de Las Iglesias: 3.3 mi
  • Sentinel Peak Park: 3.9 mi
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Martinez Hill: 6.4 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Gibbon Springs: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 55
  • ZOO: 1.8 mi
  • B-52 Bomber Tail: 2.8 mi
  • Table of the Sun Cubed: 3.2 mi
  • Curving Arcades: 3.2 mi
  • Another Martyr #4: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Krutch Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Desert Survivors: 3.6 mi
  • Sonoran Landscape Laboratory: 3.6 mi
  • Mission Garden: 3.8 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Selena Mural: 2.3 mi
  • Oasis Raspados Mural: 2.8 mi
  • F86: 2.9 mi
  • Barrio Histórico District: 3.2 mi
  • Community Mural: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Jailhouse Rock: 15.8 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 15.8 mi
  • Alcatraz: 15.8 mi
  • Sun Spot: 17.7 mi
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of James C Thomas Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cathedral RockNNE 21°2,425.64 m14.8 mi
Window PeakNNE 19°2,277 m13.9 mi
Mount KimballNNE 13°2,213.56 m13.5 mi
Little KimballNNE 15°2,171 m13.1 mi
Tanque Verde PeakE 88°2,147 m17.6 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 14°2,037 m12.6 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE 30°2,030.51 m14.2 mi
Prominent PointN 9°2,017.75 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:36
June solstice05:1818:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763697887888783736253
Precip in0.90.80.60.30.20.32.02.61.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard644 obs
  • American Wigeon405 obs
  • Neotropic Cormorant286 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron273 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher263 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck254 obs
  • Pond Slider243 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle146 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/160220805

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