McHood Park
McHood Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,489 m. Chevelon Butte stands 2,116 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sacred Heart Park, a park 4.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.6 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1489 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
63 named places within 25 miles
- Apache Butte: 11.7 mi
- Tucker Mesa: 12.5 mi
- Red Hill: 14.7 mi
- Twentymile Hill: 15.2 mi
- East Sunset Mountain: 16.9 mi
- Museum Garden (planned): 4.6 mi
- Kitchen Garden (South): 4.6 mi
- Kitchen Garden (East): 4.6 mi
- Kitchen Garden (North): 4.6 mi
- La Posada Gardens - Flagpole Lawn: 4.6 mi
- Sacred Heart Park: 4.5 mi
- Winslow City Park: 4.8 mi
- Standin' on the Corner Park: 4.9 mi
- Homolovi State Park: 5.0 mi
- Coopertown Park: 5.6 mi
- Joseph City Spring: 19.1 mi
- Westover Spring: 19.4 mi
- Blairs Spring: 22.4 mi
- Bird Springs: 23.7 mi
- Salt Water Seep: 23.7 mi
- St. Francis Statue: 4.6 mi
- Glenn Frey: 4.8 mi
- Winslow Arizona: 4.8 mi
- Jackrabbit: 12.2 mi
- Astronaut Statue: 21.8 mi
- Chevelon Canyon: 7.0 mi
- Bell Cow Canyon: 9.5 mi
- Chimney Canyon: 11.1 mi
- Relic Point: 12.1 mi
- Barringer crater rim: 21.8 mi
- Affeldt Mion Museum: 4.6 mi
- Old Trails Museum: 4.8 mi
- Homolovi State Park Visitor Center: 5.4 mi
- Meteor Crater Museum: 21.8 mi
- Stone Turret: 4.7 mi
- The Corner: 4.8 mi
- The Old Fort Historical Monument: 18.4 mi
- Sunset: 5.3 mi
- Brigham City: 5.6 mi
- Obed: 18.6 mi
- Rock Art Ranch: 12.4 mi
- Ellas Frontier Trading Post (ruins): 15.9 mi
- Little Painted Desert Country Park: 17.3 mi
- Meteor Crater Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Meteor Crater Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McHood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevelon Butte | SSW 211° | 2,116 m | 22.3 mi |
| East Sunset Mountain | WSW 239° | 2,077 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mesita Knoll | SW 232° | 2,015 m | 18.3 mi |
| West Sunset Mountain | WSW 249° | 2,012 m | 17.9 mi |
| Flat Top Butte | NE 51° | 1,976 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sunset Knoll | WSW 256° | 1,966 m | 18.5 mi |
| Table Mountain | SW 234° | 1,855 m | 19.1 mi |
| Black Rock | ENE 60° | 1,767 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| September equinox | 06:11 | 17:48 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winslow AP, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Collared Lizard15 obs
- broadleaf milkweed14 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard12 obs
- American Coot10 obs
- Widow Skimmer10 obs
- camel thorn10 obs
- Kingcup Cactus10 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard9 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/392177364
Day trips start here
- Homolovi Ruins State Park · 4 mi
- Winslow · 5 mi
- Joseph City · 18 mi
- Holbrook · 28 mi
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