Porter Park
Porter Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 381 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocket Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 381 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocket Park: 0.4 mi
- Escobedo Park: 0.4 mi
- Washington Park: 0.6 mi
- Sun Circle Basin: 0.7 mi
- Rendezvous Park: 0.8 mi
- Engine 2355: 0.9 mi
- Scarizona Scaregrounds: 2.4 mi
- King Ben's Castle: 3.1 mi
- Simply Smashing: 5.2 mi
- Pillar of Knowledge: 6.6 mi
- Pioneer Park Grotto: 1.0 mi
- The Builder: 1.0 mi
- Pioneer Park Monument: 1.0 mi
- Quackers: 1.1 mi
- Autosaurs: 1.1 mi
- Mesa Grande Cultural Park: 1.3 mi
- Mesa Monument: 1.5 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 3.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Peace Pole: 3.9 mi
- Hayden Butte: 6.6 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 7.3 mi
- The Peak: 7.6 mi
- Papago Buttes: 7.8 mi
- Sawik Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Pioneer Park Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
- Brinton Desert Botanical Garden: 1.1 mi
- Mesa Urban Garden: 1.2 mi
- The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College: 3.9 mi
- Outback Arbor: 4.0 mi
- Arizona Museum of Natural History: 1.2 mi
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum: 1.2 mi
- idea Museum: 1.3 mi
- Zarco Guerrero: 2.0 mi
- Mesa Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Public Viewing Area: 5.8 mi
- Ramada #5: 7.8 mi
- Ramada #2=: 7.8 mi
- Ramada #1: 7.8 mi
- Ramada #6: 7.8 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 10.0 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Usery Mountain Regional Park: 12.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Coon Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Chinese Wall: 14.4 mi
- Blue Point: 17.0 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 17.4 mi
- Morrells Wall: 17.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 16.7 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 19.1 mi
- Hackberry Spring: 22.4 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 22.8 mi
- Second Water Spring: 24.2 mi
- Illinois: 6.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 22.5 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 19.3 mi
- Massacre Falls: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Porter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | N 4° | 1,240 m | 17.3 mi |
| McDowell Peak | N 1° | 1,230 m | 15.8 mi |
| Thompson Peak | N 2° | 1,214 m | 14.8 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | N 2° | 1,196 m | 17.4 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | N 360° | 1,192 m | 15.9 mi |
| Dome Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,009 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pass Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,007 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | N 10° | 935 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:16 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
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, 6 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle44 obs
- Northern Mockingbird42 obs
- Rock Pigeon29 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard28 obs
- stinknet27 obs
- Vermilion Flycatcher23 obs
- White-winged Dove22 obs
- Gila Woodpecker22 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/371455259
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