Starlight Park
Starlight Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 327 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is El Oso Park, a park 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1963
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- El Oso Park: 0.6 mi
- Raintree Gardens Park: 1.2 mi
- Desert Star Park: 1.4 mi
- Maryvale Tot Lot Park: 1.6 mi
- Holiday Park: 1.7 mi
- Roadside memorial for murdered Glendale police officer Anthony Holly: 2.9 mi
- F-100D Super Sabre "The Hun" Jet: 3.5 mi
- Pat Tillman Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Territorial Sheriff: 4.4 mi
- Glendale USS Arizona Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Watermark: 2.9 mi
- Risen Christ: 7.0 mi
- Saint Thomas Aquinas: 7.3 mi
- Winged Victory: 8.0 mi
- SPAD XIII Model: 8.5 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 5.9 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 7.6 mi
- APM Tech Specialist: 8.4 mi
- Tea House: 9.0 mi
- Spur Wing Geese: 11.3 mi
- Sunset Point: 8.1 mi
- Monument Hill: 8.9 mi
- Sunnyslope Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Shaw Butte: 11.0 mi
- North Mountain: 11.2 mi
- CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 7.8 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 8.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.1 mi
- Bio Garden: 8.1 mi
- Dry Garden: 8.9 mi
- Glendale Police Museum: 4.3 mi
- The Bead Museum: 4.4 mi
- Arizona Doll & Toy Museum: 4.5 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 8.3 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 8.4 mi
- Tres Rios Hayfield Trailhead: 6.9 mi
- Tres Rios Wetlands: 7.3 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 10.1 mi
- Estrella Mountain Regional Park: 11.8 mi
- Lookout Mountain Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 11.3 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 11.3 mi
- Pima Area 4: 11.3 mi
- Tewa Area 5: 11.4 mi
- Havasupi Area 8: 11.4 mi
- Marinette: 8.0 mi
- Chinese Wall: 14.5 mi
- Big Spring: 22.9 mi
- Illinois: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Starlight Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SSW 192° | 1,375 m | 15.1 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | S 175° | 1,313 m | 21.0 mi |
| Barry Goldwater Peak | WNW 287° | 1,243 m | 21.1 mi |
| Quartz Peak | S 180° | 1,235 m | 17.8 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | S 178° | 1,221 m | 17.9 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | S 183° | 1,113 m | 16.6 mi |
| Baacon | W 281° | 914 m | 17.8 mi |
| Camelback Mountain | E 83° | 825 m | 15.4 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 | 19:43 |
| September equinox | 06:18 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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 | 55 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 80 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 87 | 75 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Litchfield Park, 8 mi away.
- Eurasian Collared-Dove12 obs
- stinknet7 obs
- Western Honey Bee6 obs
- White-lined Sphinx6 obs
- White-winged Dove5 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle5 obs
- House Sparrow5 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard5 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/422487245
Day trips start here
- Phoenix · 9 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 10 mi
- Guadalupe · 17 mi
- Scottsdale · 17 mi
- Tempe · 19 mi
- Mesa · 24 mi
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