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Paradise Valley Park

Paradise Valley Park from directly overhead

Paradise Valley Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 454 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Paradise Cove Park, a park 1.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2003
Elevation
454 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.64911, -111.99914
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Paradise Cove Park: 1.2 mi
  • Palomino Park: 1.7 mi
  • Los Paseos Green Space: 1.7 mi
  • Grandvew (private): 1.8 mi
  • Moonlight Shadows Neighborhood Green Space: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • iron statue: 1.8 mi
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Spire: 4.3 mi
  • Cloud 9: 6.5 mi
  • Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 7.0 mi
  • Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 7.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions
  • Arch: 6.2 mi
  • Starfire Golf Club: 6.6 mi
  • Jeep Wreck: 9.0 mi
  • Trail Maintenance Tool Box: 9.2 mi
  • Whitman Square: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 58
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 4.7 mi
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 7.5 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 10.2 mi
  • CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 11.1 mi
  • Entry Garden: 11.4 mi
Springs: 54
  • Mountain Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Jims Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Apache Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 16.7 mi
Museums: 40
Picnic sites: 33
  • Maricopa Area 3: 5.8 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 6.0 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 6.0 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 6.0 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Paradise Valley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndE 79°1,240 m11.6 mi
McDowell PeakE 86°1,230 m10.5 mi
Thompson PeakE 92°1,214 m10.8 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 78°1,196 m11.0 mi
Drinkwater PeakE 86°1,192 m10.1 mi
Granite MountainNE 50°1,072 m14.5 mi
Troon MountainENE 63°1,060 m10.2 mi
Cholla MountainNE 47°1,038 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555763707887929286756253
Precip in1.21.21.10.40.20.00.81.00.70.70.90.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix Deer Valley Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Bullfrog65 obs
  • Round-tailed Ground Squirrel44 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard29 obs
  • Western Whiptail29 obs
  • stinknet29 obs
  • Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake26 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird25 obs
  • Creosote Bush23 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 way/61329133

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