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Paradise Park

Paradise Park from directly overhead

Paradise Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 412 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain View Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
412 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.57365, -111.89570
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 1.4 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 1.6 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 1.7 mi
  • UFO Experience: 1.7 mi
  • Butterfly Wonderland: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens: 59
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Putting Green: 4.1 mi
  • Scottsdale Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 4.3 mi
  • South Scottsdale Community Garden: 6.9 mi
Museums: 43
Springs: 38
  • Mountain Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Agua Chiquita Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Blue Mountain Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Jims Spring: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Elliot Ramada: 8.4 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 9.8 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 9.8 mi
  • Maricopa Area 3: 9.9 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 2
  • Illinois: 16.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndNE 37°1,240 m9.2 mi
McDowell PeakNE 37°1,230 m7.4 mi
Thompson PeakNE 45°1,214 m6.8 mi
Tom's ThumbNNE 33°1,196 m8.9 mi
Drinkwater PeakNE 35°1,192 m7.3 mi
Granite MountainNNE 20°1,072 m15.4 mi
Troon MountainNNE 18°1,060 m10.3 mi
Cholla MountainNNE 16°1,038 m15.3 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 Grackle61 obs
  • Creosote Bush53 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner41 obs
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird30 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher29 obs
  • Mourning Dove28 obs
  • stinknet28 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird22 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 node/359249716

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