Madison Park
Madison Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 346 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Longview Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1954
- Elevation
- 346 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 29.3 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Longview Park: 0.4 mi
- Zen Garden: 0.4 mi
- Idylwilde Park: 0.7 mi
- Desert Storm Park: 1.1 mi
- Steele Indian School Park: 1.2 mi
- Setting up the Competition: 1.1 mi
- Beyond What We Were: 1.8 mi
- Freeway Pot: 2.1 mi
- Freeway Pot: 2.3 mi
- Freeway Pot: 2.3 mi
- Entry Garden: 1.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
- Bio Garden: 2.5 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 2.7 mi
- Dry Garden: 3.0 mi
- High Flight: 1.2 mi
- Phoenix Cancer Survivors: 2.7 mi
- William G. Hartranft: 2.8 mi
- An Gorta Mór, the Great Hunger Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Mayors’ Tree: 3.0 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 3.0 mi
- Tea House: 3.0 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 3.5 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 5.1 mi
- Majestic Mariposas: 6.5 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 3.7 mi
- Phoenix Mountains: 3.9 mi
- The Praying Monk: 4.8 mi
- Veterans Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Dixie Peak: 5.0 mi
- Children's Museum of Phoenix: 3.4 mi
- Rosson House Museum: 3.5 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 3.6 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 3.6 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 3.7 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 5.8 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 5.8 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 5.9 mi
- Pima Area 4: 5.9 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 5.9 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 5.6 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 8.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Chinese Wall: 10.9 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 18.8 mi
- Morrells Wall: 19.2 mi
- Sven Slab: 19.8 mi
- Coon Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Mountain Spring: 17.8 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 24.7 mi
- Jims Spring: 24.7 mi
- Marinette: 14.5 mi
- Illinois: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Madison Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 221° | 1,375 m | 20.5 mi |
| East End | NE 49° | 1,240 m | 19.0 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 50° | 1,230 m | 17.4 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 54° | 1,214 m | 17.0 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 47° | 1,196 m | 18.6 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 49° | 1,192 m | 17.1 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SSW 213° | 1,113 m | 20.6 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NE 39° | 1,060 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle82 obs
- Rosy-faced Lovebird77 obs
- stinknet69 obs
- Rock Pigeon46 obs
- Mallard45 obs
- Northern Mockingbird30 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard29 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird27 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/361132953
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 2 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 5 mi
- Scottsdale · 7 mi
- Guadalupe · 10 mi
- Tempe · 10 mi
- Mesa · 14 mi
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