Solano Park
Solano Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 349 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is CamelBackyard Community Food Hub, a garden 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1959
- Elevation
- 349 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Colter Park: 0.7 mi
- Washington Park: 1.1 mi
- Tawa Park: 1.1 mi
- Kid Street Park: 1.3 mi
- Lyceum Park: 1.5 mi
- Risen Christ: 1.5 mi
- Setting up the Competition: 2.0 mi
- Beyond What We Were: 2.7 mi
- Freeway Pot: 3.0 mi
- Freeway Pot: 3.1 mi
- Pope John Paul II Visit Cupola: 1.5 mi
- High Flight: 2.0 mi
- William G. Hartranft: 2.9 mi
- Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 3.2 mi
- Phoenix Cancer Survivors: 3.9 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 3.5 mi
- Tea House: 4.1 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 4.2 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 5.4 mi
- Majestic Mariposas: 9.4 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 4.7 mi
- Phoenix Mountains: 4.7 mi
- North Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Veterans Mountain: 4.9 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 0.6 mi
- Entry Garden: 2.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
- Bio Garden: 2.6 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 3.1 mi
- Sunnyslope Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 4.4 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 4.9 mi
- Rosson House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Children's Museum of Phoenix: 5.0 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 4.6 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 4.6 mi
- Pima Area 4: 4.7 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 4.7 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 4.7 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 7.0 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Buffalo Ridge Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Mountain Spring: 19.0 mi
- Jims Spring: 23.7 mi
- Big Spring: 24.0 mi
- Apache Spring: 24.2 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 24.3 mi
- Chinese Wall: 12.6 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 20.0 mi
- Morrells Wall: 20.4 mi
- Sven Slab: 21.0 mi
- Marinette: 11.6 mi
- Illinois: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Solano Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SSW 212° | 1,375 m | 20.1 mi |
| East End | ENE 57° | 1,240 m | 20.3 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 201° | 1,235 m | 21.4 mi |
| McDowell Peak | ENE 59° | 1,230 m | 18.7 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,221 m | 21.2 mi |
| Thompson Peak | ENE 62° | 1,214 m | 18.4 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 55° | 1,196 m | 19.8 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | ENE 58° | 1,192 m | 18.4 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 | 19:06 | 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–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 8 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle31 obs
- stinknet28 obs
- Rock Pigeon27 obs
- Western Honey Bee27 obs
- Queen25 obs
- Rosy-faced Lovebird22 obs
- Northern Mockingbird19 obs
- Domestic Cat18 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/238068764
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 1 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 6 mi
- Scottsdale · 9 mi
- Guadalupe · 13 mi
- Tempe · 13 mi
- Mesa · 17 mi
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