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Roadrunner Park

Roadrunner Park from directly overhead

Roadrunner Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 425 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Altadena Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 29 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1970
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.59873, -112.00725
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 3.6 mi
  • iron statue: 4.4 mi
  • Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 4.6 mi
  • Cloud 9: 4.7 mi
  • Barry Goldwater Memorial: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 5.7 mi
  • Phoenix Bat Cave: 5.8 mi
  • Arch: 7.8 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 8.1 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 4.4 mi
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 5.5 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 7.8 mi
  • CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 7.9 mi
  • Entry Garden: 8.0 mi
Museums: 43
Springs: 38
  • Mountain Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Jims Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Apache Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Maricopa Area 3: 3.5 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 3.6 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 3.6 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 3.6 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Roadrunner Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 65°1,240 m13.2 mi
McDowell PeakENE 69°1,230 m11.7 mi
Thompson PeakENE 74°1,214 m11.7 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 63°1,196 m12.6 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 68°1,192 m11.4 mi
Granite MountainNE 42°1,072 m17.3 mi
Troon MountainNE 50°1,060 m12.5 mi
Cholla MountainNE 39°1,038 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555764717989939287756354
Precip in1.11.21.10.30.20.00.90.80.60.60.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsdale Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • stinknet52 obs
  • Rock Pigeon44 obs
  • cheeseweed mallow44 obs
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird38 obs
  • Mallard37 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle37 obs
  • Brittlebush35 obs
  • Gambel's Quail33 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/33543316

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