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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 409 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Paradise Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
409 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Scottsdale

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.57134, -111.89617
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 1.5 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 1.5 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 1.6 mi
  • UFO Experience: 1.6 mi
  • Butterfly Wonderland: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens: 59
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Putting Green: 4.0 mi
  • Scottsdale Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 4.4 mi
  • South Scottsdale Community Garden: 6.8 mi
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 35
  • Elliot Ramada: 8.2 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 9.8 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 9.8 mi
  • Maricopa Area 3: 9.8 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 9.9 mi
Springs: 34
  • Mountain Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Agua Chiquita Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Blue Mountain Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Jims Spring: 20.7 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 2
  • Illinois: 16.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Mountain View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndNE 36°1,240 m9.3 mi
McDowell PeakNE 37°1,230 m7.6 mi
Thompson PeakNE 44°1,214 m7.0 mi
Tom's ThumbNNE 33°1,196 m9.1 mi
Drinkwater PeakNE 34°1,192 m7.4 mi
Granite MountainNNE 20°1,072 m15.6 mi
Troon MountainNNE 18°1,060 m10.4 mi
Cholla MountainNNE 16°1,038 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1617:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555764717989939287756354
Precip in1.11.21.10.30.20.00.90.80.60.60.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle63 obs
  • Creosote Bush53 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner41 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher35 obs
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird30 obs
  • Mourning Dove28 obs
  • White-winged Dove24 obs
  • stinknet24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/251858383

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