Smith Park
Smith Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 322 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kuban Park, a park 1.0 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1973
- Elevation
- 322 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kuban Park: 1.0 mi
- Falcon Park: 1.5 mi
- Yunya Park: 1.5 mi
- Willow Park: 1.8 mi
- Los Vecinos Soccer Field: 1.9 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 2.0 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 3.4 mi
- Tea House: 4.3 mi
- Mill of Madness: 8.9 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 9.8 mi
- Winged Victory: 2.9 mi
- Watermark: 3.2 mi
- Her Secret is Patience: 4.2 mi
- Kasuga-Doro: 4.3 mi
- Pagoda: 4.3 mi
- USS Missouri Stern Flag Marker: 2.9 mi
- Father Eusibio Kino Statue: 3.0 mi
- USS Arizona Stern Flag Marker: 3.0 mi
- Arizona Workers Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Arizona Pioneer Women Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Maricopa Peak: 7.7 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 8.4 mi
- Goat Hill: 8.5 mi
- Mount Suappoa: 8.8 mi
- Two Peaks: 9.2 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
- Dry Garden: 4.3 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 4.3 mi
- Bio Garden: 4.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 4.5 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 3.2 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 3.5 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 4.1 mi
- Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center: 4.6 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 4.6 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 7.7 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 7.8 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 10.7 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 10.7 mi
- Pima Area 4: 10.8 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 4.5 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 6.8 mi
- Tres Rios Wetlands: 8.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.3 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Chinese Wall: 9.0 mi
- Marinette: 13.0 mi
- Illinois: 18.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Smith Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 214° | 1,375 m | 14.0 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | S 189° | 1,313 m | 18.0 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 198° | 1,235 m | 15.4 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,221 m | 15.2 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 54° | 1,214 m | 23.8 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NE 51° | 1,192 m | 23.9 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SSW 203° | 1,113 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | ENE 61° | 935 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 6 mi away.
- stinknet11 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis8 obs
- Phoenix talussnail8 obs
- Rock Pigeon5 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle5 obs
- Northern Mockingbird4 obs
- White-winged Dove3 obs
- House Sparrow3 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/688010353
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 4 mi
- Phoenix · 6 mi
- Guadalupe · 12 mi
- Scottsdale · 13 mi
- Tempe · 14 mi
- Mesa · 19 mi
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