Roesley Park
Roesley Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 326 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kipok Park, a park 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1960
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kipok Park: 0.7 mi
- Sunland Estates Park: 0.7 mi
- Lindo Park: 0.9 mi
- Ho-E Park: 1.1 mi
- El Prado Park: 1.1 mi
- Our Lade of Guadlupe: 1.2 mi
- Infinite Possibilities: 3.3 mi
- Cesar Chavez: 3.3 mi
- Winged Victory: 3.3 mi
- The Arizona Bolas: 3.5 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Arizona Law Enforcement K9 Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Ernest W. McFarland Memorial: 3.3 mi
- USS Arizona Cannon: 3.3 mi
- USS Arizona Monument: 3.3 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 4.2 mi
- Two Peaks: 4.9 mi
- Mount Suappoa: 4.9 mi
- Goat Hill: 5.1 mi
- Maricopa Peak: 5.2 mi
- Tea House: 4.3 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 4.7 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 5.0 mi
- Mill of Madness: 5.2 mi
- Axe Adventures: 6.7 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 4.3 mi
- Dry Garden: 4.3 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
- Bio Garden: 5.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 5.8 mi
- Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center: 1.6 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 3.3 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 3.3 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 3.6 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 3.6 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 3.9 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 3.9 mi
- Ramada #1: 8.9 mi
- Ramada #2=: 8.9 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 1.7 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 9.0 mi
- Chinese Wall: 4.8 mi
- Illinois: 14.7 mi
- Marinette: 17.2 mi
- Mountain Spring: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Roesley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 231° | 1,375 m | 14.1 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 203° | 1,313 m | 16.2 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SW 215° | 1,235 m | 14.3 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 41° | 1,230 m | 23.8 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,221 m | 13.9 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 44° | 1,214 m | 23.2 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 40° | 1,192 m | 23.6 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SW 220° | 1,113 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — South Phoenix, 2 mi away.
- Cyclocephala longula199 obs
- stinknet83 obs
- Brittlebush77 obs
- Eupsophulus castaneus56 obs
- Creosote Bush51 obs
- House Finch50 obs
- castor bean46 obs
- Carrot Beetle44 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/153859930
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 3 mi
- Guadalupe · 8 mi
- Phoenix · 8 mi
- Tempe · 10 mi
- Scottsdale · 11 mi
- Mesa · 15 mi
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