Peterson Park
Peterson Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 356 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tempe Municipal Stadium, a park 0.7 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 356 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Tempe Municipal Stadium: 0.7 mi
- Dwight Park: 0.8 mi
- Svob Park: 1.0 mi
- dog park: 1.2 mi
- Clark Park: 1.3 mi
- Twin Butte: 0.9 mi
- Bell Butte: 1.0 mi
- Hayden Butte: 2.8 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 4.5 mi
- Two Peaks: 4.5 mi
- Revolution: 1.8 mi
- Helianthus: 1.9 mi
- The Tilted Landscape: 2.0 mi
- Opportunity (reflection): 2.2 mi
- Snake Skin Boots With Snake Heads: 2.2 mi
- Axe Adventures: 1.9 mi
- Mill of Madness: 2.3 mi
- Pillar of Knowledge: 2.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 2.8 mi
- Simply Smashing: 3.2 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 3.3 mi
- old stone houses: 3.4 mi
- Tovrea Castle: 3.8 mi
- Pueblo Grande: 3.9 mi
- Pueblo Grande Ball Court: 3.9 mi
- The Learning Patch: 1.8 mi
- Secret Garden: 2.3 mi
- Life Sciences Courtyard: 2.5 mi
- The Rover Vine: 2.9 mi
- Chihuahuan Selection: 3.8 mi
- Tempe History Museum: 2.0 mi
- Pixypros Selfie Museum: 2.0 mi
- Arizona State University Art Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 3.8 mi
- Arizona Heritage Center: 3.8 mi
- Ramada #1: 1.8 mi
- Ramada #2=: 1.8 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Ramada #5: 2.0 mi
- Ramada #6: 2.0 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 2.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 6.0 mi
- Chinese Wall: 6.1 mi
- Coon Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 21.8 mi
- Morrells Wall: 22.2 mi
- Sven Slab: 22.7 mi
- Illinois: 7.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 20.9 mi
- Marinette: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Peterson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | WSW 246° | 1,375 m | 20.2 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SW 223° | 1,313 m | 19.8 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SW 234° | 1,235 m | 19.2 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 24° | 1,230 m | 20.2 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SW 233° | 1,221 m | 18.6 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 26° | 1,214 m | 19.4 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 23° | 1,192 m | 20.1 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | WSW 239° | 1,113 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 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 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle82 obs
- Rosy-faced Lovebird79 obs
- stinknet51 obs
- Mallard40 obs
- Rock Pigeon39 obs
- Northern Mockingbird36 obs
- Mourning Dove31 obs
- Western Honey Bee28 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/946078784
Day trips start here
- Guadalupe · 2 mi
- Tempe · 3 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 7 mi
- Mesa · 8 mi
- Scottsdale · 8 mi
- Chandler · 9 mi
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