Rillito Park and Racetrack
Rillito Park and Racetrack is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 711 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Limberlost Family Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 14 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 14 mi
- Windy Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Limberlost Family Park: 0.7 mi
- Rio Vista Natural Resources Park: 1.5 mi
- Children's Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Navajo Park: 1.7 mi
- Jacobs Park Soccer Complex: 2.2 mi
- Painted Sunset Greenway: 4.0 mi
- Silverbell-Goret Open Space: 4.3 mi
- Painted Hills Natural Resource Park: 4.8 mi
- Linear Park: 5.2 mi
- Painted Hills Ranch: 5.3 mi
- Rosewood Point: 4.9 mi
- Pusch Peak: 5.7 mi
- Sentinel Peak: 5.9 mi
- The Cleaver: 5.9 mi
- Tumamoc Hill: 6.1 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 5.1 mi
- Pima Spring: 7.4 mi
- Buster Spring: 9.0 mi
- Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 9.3 mi
- Red Warrior Spring: 9.6 mi
- Red Stallion: 1.5 mi
- Saint Frances Cabrini: 2.6 mi
- Polo Field: 3.3 mi
- Neighborhood Artwork: 3.4 mi
- Desert Mural: 3.4 mi
- Compassion Garden: 1.5 mi
- Mexican Garden Pottery: 2.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
- Meditation Garden: 3.6 mi
- Desert Living Courtyard: 3.6 mi
- Mural No tell Motel: 2.9 mi
- Rio Grande Steel Sided Caboose 01433: 3.2 mi
- Miracle Mile Historic District: 3.3 mi
- Geology Wall: 3.6 mi
- Crested Saguaro: 3.7 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 1.7 mi
- Sun Circle: 3.1 mi
- Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial: 3.9 mi
- U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial: 4.0 mi
- N.E. Corner Adobe Wall of Spanish Presidio of Tucson: 4.6 mi
- H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 1.5 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 3.2 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 3.6 mi
- Museum of Art: 3.8 mi
- Postal History Foundation: 3.9 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 7.9 mi
- Seven Falls: 11.1 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 14.4 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 17.7 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 18.0 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 11.3 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 13.8 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 13.9 mi
- Alcatraz: 13.9 mi
- Sun Spot: 16.0 mi
- American Flag: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Rillito Park and Racetrack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | NE 43° | 2,794 m | 14.4 mi |
| Marshall Peak | NE 50° | 2,530 m | 14.4 mi |
| Spencer Peak | NE 54° | 2,493 m | 15.4 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | NE 45° | 2,425.64 m | 9.4 mi |
| Samaniego Peak | NNE 33° | 2,312 m | 14.8 mi |
| Window Peak | NE 45° | 2,277 m | 8.4 mi |
| Rose Peak | ENE 65° | 2,214 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Kimball | NE 37° | 2,213.56 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:50 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 53 | 55 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 71 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson Camp AVE EXP, under a mile away.
- Desert Spiny Lizard164 obs
- saguaro152 obs
- Mourning Dove126 obs
- Vermilion Flycatcher123 obs
- Cooper's Hawk110 obs
- Round-tailed Ground Squirrel96 obs
- Gila Woodpecker78 obs
- Greater Roadrunner73 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/243738218
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 7 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 27 mi
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