Reed Park
Reed Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 378 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is McAfee Place Unit Two Mini Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 378 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Mesa
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
- 28.3 mi off the Gila-Pinal Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Fish Creek Vista · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McAfee Place Unit Two Mini Park: 0.6 mi
- Silvergate Park: 0.9 mi
- Eagles Park: 1.0 mi
- Aripine Park: 1.2 mi
- Emerald Park: 1.2 mi
- Pioneer Park Monument: 1.5 mi
- Pioneer Park Grotto: 1.5 mi
- Teaching Children Since 1878: 2.0 mi
- Quackers: 2.0 mi
- Mesa Musical Shadows: 2.1 mi
- Engine 2355: 1.6 mi
- King Ben's Castle: 2.6 mi
- Scarizona Scaregrounds: 4.6 mi
- JP's Comedy Club: 5.0 mi
- Christmas on Comstock: 6.2 mi
- Mesa Grande Cultural Park: 3.4 mi
- Mesa Monument: 3.8 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 4.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Peace Pole: 4.5 mi
- The Peak: 7.1 mi
- Falcon Hill: 7.7 mi
- Hayden Butte: 8.2 mi
- Twin Knolls: 8.4 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Pioneer Park Rose Garden: 1.5 mi
- Mesa Urban Garden: 1.8 mi
- Brinton Desert Botanical Garden: 2.9 mi
- Entryway Garden: 3.2 mi
- Outback Arbor: 4.4 mi
- Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum: 2.1 mi
- Arizona Museum of Natural History: 2.3 mi
- idea Museum: 2.4 mi
- Zarco Guerrero: 3.7 mi
- Mesa Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- Public Viewing Area: 5.3 mi
- Ramada #5: 8.5 mi
- Ramada #6: 8.5 mi
- Ramada #7: 8.5 mi
- Fiesta Ramadas: 8.5 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Desert Breeze Hummingbird Habitat: 9.8 mi
- Usery Mountain Regional Park: 11.3 mi
- Burrowing Owls Habitat: 11.6 mi
- Humming Bird/Butterfly Habitat: 11.6 mi
- Coon Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Chinese Wall: 15.2 mi
- Blue Point: 16.7 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 19.1 mi
- Morrells Wall: 19.3 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 18.1 mi
- Mountain Spring: 18.5 mi
- Hackberry Spring: 21.3 mi
- Second Water Spring: 23.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 23.3 mi
- Illinois: 5.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 22.0 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 18.1 mi
- Massacre Falls: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Reed Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell Peak | N 356° | 1,230 m | 17.6 mi |
| Thompson Peak | N 357° | 1,214 m | 16.5 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | N 355° | 1,192 m | 17.7 mi |
| Dome Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,009 m | 15.9 mi |
| Pass Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,007 m | 12.7 mi |
| Santan Mountain | SSE 163° | 949 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | N 3° | 935 m | 14.1 mi |
| Peak 3004 | ENE 66° | 916 m | 13.4 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 | 18:25 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
- Ornate Tree Lizard19 obs
- Western Honey Bee18 obs
- Northern Mockingbird17 obs
- Mallard16 obs
- Brittlebush16 obs
- stinknet16 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle15 obs
- London rocket14 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/1298628698
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