Palo Verde Park
Palo Verde Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 366 m. Thompson Peak stands 1,214 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Lake, a park 0.8 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 19 miles off.
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Summit Lake: 0.8 mi
- Carriage Lane Park: 0.9 mi
- Marlborough Mesa Park: 0.9 mi
- Dobson Ranch Park: 0.9 mi
- Shawnee Park: 1.2 mi
- Night People: 2.3 mi
- Ernest W. McFarland: 2.4 mi
- The Tilted Landscape: 3.8 mi
- Sonance: 4.4 mi
- D.E.S. Mural: 4.4 mi
- Peace Pole: 2.4 mi
- Peace Pole: 2.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 2.4 mi
- F-86 Sabre: 4.2 mi
- King Ben's Castle: 3.0 mi
- Simply Smashing: 3.9 mi
- The Crayola Experience: 4.2 mi
- Engine 2355: 5.2 mi
- Edith House: 5.5 mi
- Hayden Butte: 6.0 mi
- Bell Butte: 6.4 mi
- Twin Butte: 6.5 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 7.9 mi
- Papago Buttes: 8.6 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 2.1 mi
- Outback Arbor: 2.2 mi
- The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College: 2.4 mi
- The Rover Vine: 2.7 mi
- Escalante Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Tempe History Museum: 3.9 mi
- Pixypros Selfie Museum: 4.0 mi
- Chandler Museum: 4.5 mi
- idea Museum: 4.6 mi
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum: 4.6 mi
- Fiesta Ramadas: 3.7 mi
- Ramada #6: 3.8 mi
- Ramada #5: 3.8 mi
- Ramada #7: 3.8 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 4.2 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 6.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Chinese Wall: 10.1 mi
- Coon Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Blue Point: 22.3 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 22.7 mi
- Morrells Wall: 23.0 mi
- Mountain Spring: 21.9 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 23.6 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Sacaton Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Illinois: 2.2 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Palo Verde Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Peak | N 10° | 1,214 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pass Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,007 m | 18.3 mi |
| Santan Mountain | SE 143° | 949 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NNE 17° | 935 m | 18.2 mi |
| Peak 3004 | ENE 63° | 916 m | 18.9 mi |
| Usery Mountain | NE 54° | 905 m | 16.7 mi |
| Peak 2933 | NE 56° | 894 m | 17.0 mi |
| Lone Mountain | NE 56° | 835 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 5 mi away.
- Mallard170 obs
- Canada Goose79 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle63 obs
- Rock Pigeon48 obs
- Vermilion Flycatcher40 obs
- Mourning Dove39 obs
- Green Heron39 obs
- Northern Mockingbird38 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/1126101526
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