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Rudy Garcia Park

Rudy Garcia Park from directly overhead

Rudy Garcia Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 759 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is El Pueblo Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
759 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.16084, -110.96586

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • El Pueblo Park: 0.2 mi
  • Meadow Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mariposa Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bravo Park: 1.0 mi
  • Manuel Herrera Junior Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Valencia Site: 2.1 mi
  • Julian Wash Archaelogical Park: 2.2 mi
  • Ed Pastor Kino Environmental Restoration Project: 2.4 mi
  • Paseo de Las Iglesias: 2.4 mi
  • Mission Harbor: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Martinez Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Grotto Hill: 4.4 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Gibbon Springs: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 55
  • La Primera Vista: 3.5 mi
  • Tumamoc and the River of Life: 3.5 mi
  • B-52 Bomber Tail: 3.6 mi
  • Be Kind: 4.0 mi
  • Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Desert Survivors: 3.5 mi
  • Mission Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.2 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Oasis Raspados Mural: 1.2 mi
  • Selena Mural: 3.0 mi
  • The big "A": 3.8 mi
  • La Pilita Mural: 3.8 mi
  • Community Mural: 3.8 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 22
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Jailhouse Rock: 18.4 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 18.4 mi
  • Alcatraz: 18.5 mi
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 20.3 mi
  • Sun Spot: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Rudy Garcia Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cathedral RockNNE 25°2,425.64 m17.2 mi
Window PeakNNE 23°2,277 m16.2 mi
Mount KimballNNE 19°2,213.56 m15.8 mi
Little KimballNNE 20°2,171 m15.4 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 20°2,037 m14.9 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNNE 33°2,030.51 m16.8 mi
Prominent PointNNE 16°2,017.75 m14.7 mi
Finger GuardNNE 16°1,972.4 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:36
June solstice05:1918:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4717:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545662687786888783736253
Precip in0.80.80.60.20.20.22.22.01.30.70.61.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove146 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher101 obs
  • Rock Pigeon100 obs
  • Verdin65 obs
  • Round-tailed Ground Squirrel65 obs
  • House Finch63 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner61 obs
  • Gila Woodpecker60 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/387116138

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