Las Ramadas Picnic Ground
Las Ramadas Picnic Ground is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 442 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Las Lomitas Picnic Ground, a picnic site 0.7 miles away. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 442 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ma-Ha Tuak Park: 0.7 mi
- Southern Hills Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Citrus Mountain Estates Park: 1.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve - Telegraph Pass Entrance: 2.5 mi
- Phoenix South Mountain Park: 2.6 mi
- Lost Ranch: 2.4 mi
- San Juan Lookout: 3.3 mi
- Cesar Chavez Memorial: 3.4 mi
- old stone houses: 5.0 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Our Lade of Guadlupe: 3.1 mi
- Cesar Chavez: 3.4 mi
- Infinite Possibilities: 3.5 mi
- El Espiritu del Desierto: 4.1 mi
- A Brief History of Technology: 4.1 mi
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 6.1 mi
- Mill of Madness: 6.4 mi
- Tea House: 7.9 mi
- Axe Adventures: 8.2 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 8.4 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 7.9 mi
- Dry Garden: 7.9 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 8.5 mi
- Bio Garden: 9.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 9.4 mi
- Goat Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Suappoa: 1.7 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 1.8 mi
- Maricopa Peak: 2.3 mi
- Two Peaks: 3.7 mi
- Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center: 5.1 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 7.0 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 7.0 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 7.1 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 7.2 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 0.7 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 0.8 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Ramada #1: 8.9 mi
- Ramada #2=: 8.9 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 3.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 3.6 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 5.1 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 9.4 mi
- Chinese Wall: 2.5 mi
- Illinois: 13.9 mi
- Marinette: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Las Ramadas Picnic Ground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | WSW 245° | 1,375 m | 12.1 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 209° | 1,313 m | 12.8 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SW 225° | 1,235 m | 11.4 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SW 222° | 1,221 m | 11.0 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SW 233° | 1,113 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sevenmile Mountain | SSW 207° | 899 m | 17.1 mi |
| Camelback Mountain | NNE 33° | 825 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Suappoa | SE 127° | 814 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- saguaro481 obs
- Creosote Bush359 obs
- Brittlebush173 obs
- Costa's Hummingbird163 obs
- California Barrel Cactus126 obs
- Gambel's Quail94 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus94 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird90 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 node/359254433
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 6 mi
- Guadalupe · 8 mi
- Phoenix · 11 mi
- Tempe · 11 mi
- Scottsdale · 14 mi
- Chandler · 15 mi
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