Playa Margarita Park
Playa Margarita Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 315 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Manzanita Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1966
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Manzanita Park: 0.5 mi
- 43rd Avenue & Southern Avenue SEC Basin: 0.8 mi
- Laveen Village Park: 1.1 mi
- Liberty: 1.5 mi
- Cesar Chavez Park: 1.8 mi
- Infinite Possibilities: 1.5 mi
- Cesar Chavez: 1.6 mi
- Our Lade of Guadlupe: 3.7 mi
- Winged Victory: 4.1 mi
- The Arizona Bolas: 5.2 mi
- Cesar Chavez Memorial: 1.6 mi
- USS Missouri Stern Flag Marker: 4.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Father Eusibio Kino Statue: 4.2 mi
- USS Arizona Stern Flag Marker: 4.2 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 4.7 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 5.3 mi
- Tea House: 5.6 mi
- Mill of Madness: 7.9 mi
- Axe Adventures: 9.4 mi
- Maricopa Peak: 4.7 mi
- Goat Hill: 5.5 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 5.8 mi
- Mount Suappoa: 6.1 mi
- Two Peaks: 7.1 mi
- Dry Garden: 5.6 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 5.6 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Bio Garden: 6.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.6 mi
- Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center: 4.0 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 4.3 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 4.9 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 4.9 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 5.3 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 4.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 6.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 5.0 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 5.1 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 11.5 mi
- Ramada #1: 11.5 mi
- Ramada #2=: 11.5 mi
- Chinese Wall: 6.5 mi
- Marinette: 15.8 mi
- Illinois: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Playa Margarita Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 224° | 1,375 m | 12.0 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 193° | 1,313 m | 15.2 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 205° | 1,235 m | 12.8 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,221 m | 12.6 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SSW 211° | 1,113 m | 12.1 mi |
| Baacon | WNW 293° | 914 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sevenmile Mountain | SSW 195° | 899 m | 19.5 mi |
| Camelback Mountain | NE 51° | 825 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — South Phoenix, 4 mi away.
- stinknet25 obs
- Mallard20 obs
- American Wigeon15 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle13 obs
- American Coot12 obs
- Ring-necked Duck12 obs
- Canada Goose10 obs
- Northern Mockingbird10 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/154201271
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 4 mi
- Phoenix · 8 mi
- Guadalupe · 10 mi
- Tempe · 13 mi
- Scottsdale · 14 mi
- Chandler · 18 mi
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