Papago Park
Papago Park is a park in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolverine Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Alaska Railroad passes 0.4 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 1.2 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Westchester Lagoon Nature viewing platform · 4 mi
- Ship Creek Overlook · 5 mi
- Potter's Marsh · 7 mi
- Beluga Point Viewpoint · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolverine Park: 0.2 mi
- Stanley Park: 0.4 mi
- Taku Lake Park: 0.5 mi
- Taku School Park: 0.9 mi
- Pamela Joy Lowry Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Near Point: 8.0 mi
- Blueberry Knoll: 8.1 mi
- Rusty Point: 8.1 mi
- Flattop Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Little O'Malley Peak: 8.8 mi
- Nothern Air Cargo DC-6: 2.3 mi
- Benny Benson Memorial: 2.8 mi
- James J. Delaney Memorial: 4.0 mi
- O’er Land and Sea a Beacon Bright: 4.1 mi
- Given…by the Great Land: 4.1 mi
- Raven: 2.0 mi
- Fish Creek Tunnel Art: 2.3 mi
- Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out: 2.7 mi
- Snowshoe: 3.5 mi
- Chanshtnu Indigenous Placename Marker: 3.8 mi
- Spenard Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Mardene's Garden: 3.4 mi
- Amen Acres: 3.7 mi
- I Street Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Alaska Jewish Museum: 2.7 mi
- Alaska Aviation Museum: 3.2 mi
- Anchorage Museum: 4.3 mi
- Alaska Law Enforcement Museum: 4.4 mi
- LumaLim: 4.4 mi
- Dall Sheep: 3.9 mi
- Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive: 4.1 mi
- Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: 4.4 mi
- Potter Historic Site: 7.8 mi
- Indian Valley Mine: 16.9 mi
- Niagara Falls: 10.2 mi
- South Fork Falls: 16.6 mi
- Heritage Falls: 22.8 mi
- Lyn Ary Beach: 3.8 mi
- Beaver Beach: 18.1 mi
- Taku lake Picnic Site: 0.5 mi
- Russian Jack Spring: 5.1 mi
- Tortilla Chip Rock: 14.5 mi
- Goose Bay State Game Refuge: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Papago Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williwaw | ESE 105° | 1,660 m | 13.1 mi |
| Temptation Peak | E 86° | 1,641 m | 12.4 mi |
| East Tanaina Peak | E 97° | 1,633 m | 12.2 mi |
| West Tanaina Peak | E 96° | 1,605 m | 11.6 mi |
| The Ramp | ESE 111° | 1,597 m | 12.5 mi |
| Tikishla Peak | E 93° | 1,594 m | 11.3 mi |
| O'Malley Peak | ESE 110° | 1,570 m | 11.0 mi |
| Koktoya Peak | E 98° | 1,569 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:17 | 20:14 |
| June solstice | 04:22 | 22:16 | 23:42 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:05 | 20:02 |
| December solstice | 10:14 | — | 15:43 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 25 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 24 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage LK Hood SEA Plane BA, 3 mi away.
- Moose129 obs
- common toadflax40 obs
- tufted vetch36 obs
- squashberry35 obs
- fireweed35 obs
- Black-billed Magpie31 obs
- Mallard29 obs
- Fly Agaric27 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/518460621
Day trips start here
- Anchorage · 5 mi
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