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Pinecrest Park

Pinecrest Park from directly overhead

Pinecrest Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 761 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Swanway Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off.

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Coordinates32.23945, -110.88887

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
  • 100-Acre Wood Bike Park: 3.3 mi
  • Mountain Cove Estates: 4.5 mi
  • Ed Pastor Kino Environmental Restoration Project: 4.8 mi
  • Estate of Isabelle Lee: 6.1 mi
  • Groves Park II: 6.1 mi
Peaks
  • Whaleback: 6.3 mi
  • Sentinel Peak: 6.4 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Miguel: 7.7 mi
  • Poorman Range: 7.9 mi
Springs
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Finger Rock Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Gibbon Springs: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Butterfly Project Installation: 1.3 mi
  • Organ Pipe Cactus: 1.3 mi
  • G’s Horn: 1.3 mi
  • Bouquet: 1.3 mi
  • Nest: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Cactus and Succulent Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Word Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Xeriscape Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Horticultural Therapy Beds: 1.3 mi
  • Aloe Alley: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Sig Boysen Home Composting Site: 1.3 mi
  • Cactus and Succulent Ramada: 1.3 mi
  • Water Harvesting Feature: 1.3 mi
  • Kitchen Courtyard: 1.3 mi
  • Floral Patio: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 24
  • The Mini Time Machine Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Tucson Desert Art Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Ignite Sign Art Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Museum of Art: 3.9 mi
  • Arizona State Museum: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Jailhouse Rock: 11.6 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 11.6 mi
  • Alcatraz: 11.6 mi
  • Sun Spot: 13.6 mi
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Pinecrest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LemmonNNE 23°2,794 m15.2 mi
Marshall PeakNNE 29°2,530 m14.6 mi
Spencer PeakNE 34°2,493 m15.1 mi
Syke KnobNNE 31°2,426 m15.6 mi
Cathedral RockNNE 15°2,425.64 m10.5 mi
Window PeakNNE 12°2,277 m9.6 mi
Lizard RockNE 49°2,215 m14.8 mi
Rose PeakNE 45°2,214 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:35
June solstice05:1818:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:4918:22
December solstice07:2116:4617:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763697887888783736253
Precip in0.90.80.60.30.20.32.02.61.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Desert Spiny Lizard292 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher199 obs
  • Queen189 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk162 obs
  • Mourning Dove138 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch130 obs
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird127 obs
  • Monarch109 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/229024466

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