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Mesa Villas Water Retention Basin

Mesa Villas Water Retention Basin from directly overhead

Mesa Villas Water Retention Basin is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 384 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Los Alamos Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
384 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.41946, -111.77932

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Los Alamos Park: 0.6 mi
  • Meadowvale Water Retention Basin: 0.8 mi
  • Mountain View Park: 1.0 mi
  • Los Alamos Park: 1.1 mi
  • Reed Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Engine 2355: 2.3 mi
  • King Ben's Castle: 3.9 mi
  • Scarizona Scaregrounds: 4.9 mi
  • JP's Comedy Club: 5.7 mi
  • Christmas on Comstock: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Mesa Grande Cultural Park: 3.9 mi
  • Mesa Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Camp Lehi Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Boeing Veteran's Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Never Forget Garden: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 56
  • Pioneer Park Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Brinton Desert Botanical Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Mesa Urban Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Entryway Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Ethno-botanical Garden: 4.6 mi
Museums: 39
Picnic sites: 36
Nature reserves: 18
  • Hayden Butte Preserve: 9.1 mi
  • Usery Mountain Regional Park: 10.1 mi
  • Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 11.1 mi
  • Humming Bird/Butterfly Habitat: 12.4 mi
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 12.4 mi
Springs: 11
  • Cottonwood Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Mountain Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Hackberry Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Second Water Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Agua Chiquita Spring: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Beaches: 2
  • Illinois: 7.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Massacre Falls: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Mesa Villas Water Retention Basin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndN 356°1,240 m18.0 mi
McDowell PeakN 352°1,230 m16.7 mi
Thompson PeakN 353°1,214 m15.6 mi
Tom's ThumbN 354°1,196 m18.2 mi
Drinkwater PeakN 351°1,192 m16.8 mi
Dome MountainENE 67°1,009 m14.7 mi
Pass MountainENE 66°1,007 m11.5 mi
Santan MountainSSE 167°949 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0618:39
June solstice05:1919:0419:41
September equinox06:1617:5318:25
December solstice07:2816:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545662697887929286746253
Precip in1.41.51.30.40.20.01.21.31.10.60.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Mesa, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard19 obs
  • Brittlebush15 obs
  • stinknet15 obs
  • Western Honey Bee14 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard10 obs
  • Gambel's Quail9 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird9 obs
  • Rock Pigeon7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/44190735

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