Joyce Park
Joyce Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 360 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Tilted Landscape, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 22 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 360 m
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- The Tilted Landscape: 0.3 mi
- Revolution: 1.3 mi
- Helianthus: 1.4 mi
- Spirit: 2.1 mi
- Celebration: 2.2 mi
- Palmer Park: 0.5 mi
- Hollis Park: 0.6 mi
- Arredondo Park: 0.7 mi
- dog park: 0.9 mi
- Lakeshore Park: 1.0 mi
- Simply Smashing: 1.8 mi
- Pillar of Knowledge: 2.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 3.3 mi
- Axe Adventures: 3.5 mi
- Mill of Madness: 4.3 mi
- Bell Butte: 2.6 mi
- Twin Butte: 2.8 mi
- Hayden Butte: 2.9 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 4.9 mi
- Papago Buttes: 5.5 mi
- Peace Pole: 3.2 mi
- Peace Pole: 3.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 3.4 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 3.5 mi
- The Learning Patch: 1.3 mi
- The Rover Vine: 1.3 mi
- Secret Garden: 2.3 mi
- Life Sciences Courtyard: 2.3 mi
- Escalante Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Tempe History Museum: 0.4 mi
- Pixypros Selfie Museum: 0.6 mi
- Arizona State University Art Museum: 2.3 mi
- Arizona Heritage Center: 3.9 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 4.4 mi
- Ramada #1: 1.0 mi
- Ramada #2=: 1.0 mi
- Ramada #5: 1.1 mi
- Ramada #6: 1.1 mi
- Ramada #7: 1.2 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 5.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 5.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Chinese Wall: 7.6 mi
- Coon Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 21.5 mi
- Morrells Wall: 21.9 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.4 mi
- Illinois: 5.8 mi
- Mountain Spring: 20.7 mi
- Marinette: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Joyce Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell Peak | NNE 19° | 1,230 m | 19.9 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | WSW 237° | 1,221 m | 20.0 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 21° | 1,214 m | 19.0 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 18° | 1,192 m | 19.8 mi |
| Santan Mountain | SE 139° | 949 m | 19.4 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NNE 29° | 935 m | 17.6 mi |
| Usery Mountain | ENE 65° | 905 m | 18.3 mi |
| Peak 2933 | ENE 66° | 894 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 3 mi away.
- Rosy-faced Lovebird162 obs
- Mallard108 obs
- stinknet102 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle99 obs
- Rock Pigeon81 obs
- Mourning Dove52 obs
- Great Blue Heron50 obs
- Northern Mockingbird50 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/30575769
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