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Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch

Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch from directly overhead

Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 389 m. Ironview Peak stands 1,531 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ethno-botanical Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 11 miles off.

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Coordinates33.36097, -111.73566

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Eastern Canal Trail: 0.6 mi
  • Nichols Park: 0.6 mi
  • Discovery Park: 0.6 mi
  • Fencepost Lane Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Windmill Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • Christmas on Comstock: 1.6 mi
  • JP's Comedy Club: 2.7 mi
  • Vertuccio Farms: 3.2 mi
  • T38 Talon: 5.1 mi
  • King Ben's Castle: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Morrison Ranch Silos: 1.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Moroni: 4.8 mi
  • ASU Polytechnic: 4.9 mi
  • 82nd Training Wing, Williams Air Force Base: 5.1 mi
Peaks
  • Twin Knolls: 6.3 mi
  • Falcon Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Brown Road Butte: 7.7 mi
  • The Peak: 7.7 mi
  • Whisper Mountain: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Ethno-botanical Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Entryway Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Pioneer Park Rose Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Mesa Urban Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Brinton Desert Botanical Garden: 7.4 mi
Museums: 36
Picnic sites: 35
Springs: 17
  • Cottonwood Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Hackberry Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Willow Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Second Water Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Mountain Spring: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 15
  • Humming Bird/Butterfly Habitat: 8.5 mi
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 8.5 mi
  • Chaparral Habitat: 8.8 mi
  • Burrowing Owls Habitat: 8.9 mi
  • Tortoise Habitat: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 2
  • Illinois: 6.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Massacre Falls: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ironview PeakENE 72°1,531 m17.4 mi
The FlatironENE 72°1,419 m17.1 mi
Superstition MountainsENE 76°1,398 m18.9 mi
Dome MountainNE 48°1,009 m14.7 mi
Pass MountainNE 43°1,007 m11.8 mi
Santan MountainS 173°949 m13.0 mi
Sunrise PeakN 351°935 m17.4 mi
Peak 3004NE 46°916 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0618:39
June solstice05:1919:0419:40
September equinox06:1617:5218:25
December solstice07:2816:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545662697887929286746253
Precip in1.41.51.30.40.20.01.21.31.10.60.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Mesa, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard1,405 obs
  • Desert Cottontail1,081 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt895 obs
  • Snowy Egret885 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird881 obs
  • American Coot728 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck694 obs
  • Gambel's Quail671 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/30521695

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