Mission Park
Mission Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 758 m. Window Peak stands 2,277 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Manuel Herrera Junior Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 758 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 19.2 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 19 mi
- Molino Canyon Vista · 21 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 21 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Manuel Herrera Junior Park: 0.4 mi
- Midvale Fitness Park: 1.2 mi
- El Pueblo Park: 1.3 mi
- Rudy Garcia Park: 1.4 mi
- Sarah Ann Miller Park: 1.5 mi
- Valencia Site: 0.7 mi
- Tres Leones: 2.9 mi
- Paseo de Las Iglesias: 3.2 mi
- Julian Wash Archaelogical Park: 3.2 mi
- Mission Harbor: 3.3 mi
- Martinez Hill: 2.6 mi
- Grotto Hill: 3.0 mi
- Beehive Peak: 4.0 mi
- Enchanted Peak: 4.6 mi
- Sentinel Peak: 4.6 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 14.8 mi
- Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 15.5 mi
- Rock Ledge Spring: 15.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 16.0 mi
- Gibbon Springs: 16.4 mi
- La Primera Vista: 4.4 mi
- Tumamoc and the River of Life: 4.5 mi
- B-52 Bomber Tail: 4.8 mi
- Be Kind: 5.0 mi
- Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 5.1 mi
- Desert Survivors: 4.4 mi
- Mission Garden: 4.8 mi
- El Rio Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 5.6 mi
- Oasis Raspados Mural: 2.1 mi
- Selena Mural: 4.2 mi
- The big "A": 4.7 mi
- La Pilita Mural: 5.0 mi
- Community Mural: 5.0 mi
- Tucson Children's Museum: 5.2 mi
- Tucson Museum of Art: 5.5 mi
- Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum: 5.5 mi
- La Casa Cordova: 5.5 mi
- J. Knox Corbett House: 5.5 mi
- Battle of the Bulge: 5.4 mi
- JFK Memorial Plaque: 5.5 mi
- January 8th Memorial: 5.5 mi
- N.E. Corner Adobe Wall of Spanish Presidio of Tucson: 5.6 mi
- U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Seven Falls: 17.6 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 18.0 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 20.0 mi
- Bridal Wreath Falls: 20.1 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 20.4 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 19.8 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 19.8 mi
- Alcatraz: 19.8 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 21.4 mi
- Sun Spot: 21.7 mi
- Helvetia: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Mission Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Window Peak | NNE 24° | 2,277 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Kimball | NNE 20° | 2,213.56 m | 17.1 mi |
| Little Kimball | NNE 22° | 2,171 m | 16.7 mi |
| Gorp Peak | NNE 21° | 2,037 m | 16.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | NNE 33° | 2,030.51 m | 18.2 mi |
| Prominent Point | NNE 17° | 2,017.75 m | 16.0 mi |
| Finger Guard | NNE 18° | 1,972.4 m | 16.1 mi |
| Finger Rock | NNE 18° | 1,960.9 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:04 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:50 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
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 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 77 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 83 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- Mourning Dove450 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove332 obs
- Rock Pigeon200 obs
- House Finch149 obs
- Gila Woodpecker141 obs
- House Sparrow137 obs
- Vermilion Flycatcher109 obs
- Verdin89 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/286360610
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 6 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 29 mi
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