Little Canyon Park
Little Canyon Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 350 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cielito Park, a park 0.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1972
- Elevation
- 350 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cielito Park: 0.9 mi
- Kid Street Park: 1.5 mi
- Mary Silva Park: 1.6 mi
- Washington Park: 1.7 mi
- West Plaza Park: 1.7 mi
- Risen Christ: 1.2 mi
- Setting up the Competition: 3.6 mi
- Watermark: 3.8 mi
- Beyond What We Were: 3.8 mi
- A Path for Water: 4.7 mi
- Pope John Paul II Visit Cupola: 1.2 mi
- F-100D Super Sabre "The Hun" Jet: 3.4 mi
- Territorial Sheriff: 3.5 mi
- Roadside memorial for murdered Glendale police officer Anthony Holly: 3.5 mi
- William G. Hartranft: 3.5 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 3.5 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 3.7 mi
- Tea House: 4.9 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 7.3 mi
- Mill of Madness: 10.8 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 5.0 mi
- North Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Shaw Butte: 5.9 mi
- Veterans Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 6.6 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 2.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 3.2 mi
- Bio Garden: 3.4 mi
- Entry Garden: 3.6 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 3.4 mi
- The Bead Museum: 3.6 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 3.8 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 4.8 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 5.1 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 5.7 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 5.8 mi
- Pima Area 4: 5.8 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 5.9 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 5.9 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 7.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 11.1 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Chinese Wall: 13.0 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 21.7 mi
- Morrells Wall: 22.2 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 20.7 mi
- Big Spring: 23.2 mi
- Jims Spring: 24.4 mi
- Apache Spring: 24.9 mi
- Marinette: 10.0 mi
- Illinois: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Little Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SSW 208° | 1,375 m | 18.9 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 197° | 1,235 m | 20.6 mi |
| McDowell Peak | ENE 61° | 1,230 m | 20.5 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,221 m | 20.4 mi |
| Thompson Peak | ENE 64° | 1,214 m | 20.3 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | ENE 58° | 1,196 m | 21.6 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | ENE 60° | 1,192 m | 20.2 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SSW 200° | 1,113 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 9 mi away.
- stinknet14 obs
- Western Honey Bee13 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis12 obs
- Rock Pigeon11 obs
- Northern Mockingbird11 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove10 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle9 obs
- Phoenix talussnail9 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/437791921
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 3 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 6 mi
- Scottsdale · 11 mi
- Guadalupe · 14 mi
- Tempe · 14 mi
- Mesa · 19 mi
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