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Sandpiper Park

Sandpiper Park from directly overhead

Sandpiper Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 437 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Crossed Arrows Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1980
Elevation
437 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.61620, -111.93893
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 2.5 mi
  • Whitman Square: 5.4 mi
  • Taliesin West: 5.4 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 5.5 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 58
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 1.5 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Putting Green: 7.7 mi
  • Scottsdale Community Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 8.3 mi
Springs: 47
  • Mountain Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Jims Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Apache Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 18.3 mi
Museums: 42
Picnic sites: 34
  • Maricopa Area 3: 7.6 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 7.7 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 7.7 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 7.7 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Sandpiper Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 61°1,240 m9.1 mi
McDowell PeakENE 67°1,230 m7.6 mi
Thompson PeakENE 75°1,214 m7.5 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 58°1,196 m8.6 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 65°1,192 m7.3 mi
Granite MountainNE 34°1,072 m13.9 mi
Troon MountainNE 40°1,060 m8.9 mi
Cholla MountainNNE 29°1,038 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:0718:40
June solstice05:1919:0519:42
September equinox06:1717:5318:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:24

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle75 obs
  • Mourning Dove42 obs
  • Gambel's Quail35 obs
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird33 obs
  • Desert Cottontail25 obs
  • stinknet21 obs
  • Gila Woodpecker16 obs
  • Cactus Wren15 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/254551374

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