Palma Park
Palma Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 389 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is 10th Street Wash Basin, a park 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1975
- Elevation
- 389 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- 10th Street Wash Basin: 0.2 mi
- Norton Park: 0.4 mi
- Sunnyslope Park: 0.5 mi
- Learning Center Playground: 0.9 mi
- Herberger Park One: 1.0 mi
- A Path for Water: 0.7 mi
- S: 1.2 mi
- Freeway Pot: 2.3 mi
- Freeway Pot: 2.5 mi
- Freeway Pot: 2.5 mi
- Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 1.0 mi
- Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 1.5 mi
- Cloud 9: 2.4 mi
- Pope John Paul II Visit Cupola: 4.2 mi
- High Flight: 4.9 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Mountain: 1.3 mi
- North Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Phoenix Mountains: 2.4 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 2.5 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 4.9 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 7.2 mi
- Tea House: 7.4 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 8.1 mi
- Arch: 8.2 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 0.9 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 4.4 mi
- Entry Garden: 5.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.0 mi
- Bio Garden: 6.2 mi
- Sunnyslope Historical Society: 0.4 mi
- Martin Auto Museum: 6.3 mi
- Shemer Art Center: 6.5 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 7.4 mi
- The Bead Museum: 7.5 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 1.1 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 1.2 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 1.2 mi
- Pima Area 4: 1.3 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 1.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Reach 11 Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 10.2 mi
- Mountain Spring: 15.4 mi
- Jims Spring: 20.1 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 20.4 mi
- Apache Spring: 20.6 mi
- Big Spring: 22.6 mi
- Chinese Wall: 15.6 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 16.4 mi
- Morrells Wall: 16.9 mi
- Sven Slab: 17.4 mi
- Coon Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Marinette: 12.5 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 24.9 mi
- Illinois: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Palma Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | ENE 62° | 1,240 m | 16.7 mi |
| McDowell Peak | ENE 65° | 1,230 m | 15.2 mi |
| Thompson Peak | ENE 69° | 1,214 m | 15.1 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | ENE 61° | 1,196 m | 16.3 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | ENE 64° | 1,192 m | 14.9 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NE 51° | 1,060 m | 16.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,030 m | 18.4 mi |
| Brown's Mountain | NE 40° | 991 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 55 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 89 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 8 mi away.
- saguaro135 obs
- Creosote Bush111 obs
- California Barrel Cactus102 obs
- Brittlebush98 obs
- ocotillo94 obs
- stinknet74 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus73 obs
- Graham's nipple cactus70 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/32946663
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 4 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 9 mi
- Scottsdale · 9 mi
- Tempe · 14 mi
- Guadalupe · 15 mi
- Mesa · 17 mi
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