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Mountain View Park

Mountain View Park from directly overhead

Mountain View Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 391 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunnyslope Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1968
Elevation
391 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.57834, -112.08143
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks
  • S: 0.4 mi
  • A Path for Water: 1.5 mi
  • Freeway Pot: 3.7 mi
  • Freeway Pot: 3.8 mi
  • Freeway Pot: 3.9 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens: 58
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 2.0 mi
  • CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 4.8 mi
  • Entry Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Bio Garden: 6.7 mi
Museums: 41
Picnic sites: 32
  • Quechan Area 7: 0.8 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 0.9 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 0.9 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 0.9 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Springs: 18
  • Mountain Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Jims Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Apache Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Mountain View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 66°1,240 m17.6 mi
McDowell PeakENE 70°1,230 m16.2 mi
Thompson PeakENE 74°1,214 m16.2 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 65°1,196 m17.1 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 69°1,192 m15.9 mi
Troon MountainNE 56°1,060 m16.8 mi
Black MountainNNE 26°1,030 m18.2 mi
Brown's MountainNE 45°991 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0619:42
September equinox06:1717:5418:27
December solstice07:3016:4717:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555763707887929286756253
Precip in1.21.21.10.40.20.00.81.00.70.70.90.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix Deer Valley Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • stinknet203 obs
  • saguaro140 obs
  • Creosote Bush97 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus85 obs
  • Brittlebush76 obs
  • Buckhorn Cholla67 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus61 obs
  • Harris' Antelope Squirrel55 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/34722466

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