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Rotary Park

Rotary Park from directly overhead

Rotary Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 374 m. McDowell Peak stands 1,230 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Powell Estates Subdivision Mini Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
374 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.39968, -111.83534

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • King Ben's Castle: 0.8 mi
  • Engine 2355: 1.6 mi
  • Scarizona Scaregrounds: 3.6 mi
  • Simply Smashing: 4.2 mi
  • JP's Comedy Club: 5.7 mi
Artworks
  • D.E.S. Mural: 0.9 mi
  • Prime Cut & Sew: 0.9 mi
  • Sonance: 1.0 mi
  • Surf & Ski Mural: 1.0 mi
  • Floral Mural: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 40
Picnic sites: 33
Nature reserves: 19
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Mountain Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Hackberry Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Agua Chiquita Spring: 25.0 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Illinois: 4.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Massacre Falls: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Rotary Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McDowell PeakN 3°1,230 m18.0 mi
Thompson PeakN 5°1,214 m16.9 mi
Drinkwater PeakN 2°1,192 m18.0 mi
Dome MountainENE 67°1,009 m18.2 mi
Pass MountainENE 66°1,007 m15.0 mi
Santan MountainSSE 155°949 m17.2 mi
Sunrise PeakNNE 12°935 m14.9 mi
Peak 3004ENE 68°916 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:39
June solstice05:1919:0419:41
September equinox06:1617:5318:26
December solstice07:2816:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555763697785919085746254
Precip in1.01.11.00.20.20.11.01.30.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 5 mi away.

  • Great-tailed Grackle43 obs
  • stinknet39 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird37 obs
  • Rock Pigeon35 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard28 obs
  • White-winged Dove22 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird17 obs
  • Mallard17 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1120484491

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