Swanway Park
Swanway Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 764 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinecrest Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 19.4 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 13 mi
- Molino Canyon Vista · 13 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinecrest Park: 0.3 mi
- Burns Park: 0.7 mi
- Highland Vista Park: 0.9 mi
- Alvernon Park: 1.1 mi
- Hoffman Park: 1.2 mi
- 100-Acre Wood Bike Park: 3.0 mi
- Ed Pastor Kino Environmental Restoration Project: 4.5 mi
- Mountain Cove Estates: 4.7 mi
- Groves Park II: 5.9 mi
- Julian Wash Archaelogical Park: 6.1 mi
- Sentinel Peak: 6.3 mi
- Whaleback: 6.5 mi
- Tumamoc Hill: 7.0 mi
- Poorman Range: 7.7 mi
- Mount Miguel: 8.0 mi
- Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 7.3 mi
- Rock Ledge Spring: 7.8 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 7.9 mi
- Barrel Spring: 7.9 mi
- Gibbon Springs: 8.3 mi
- Cactus and Succulent Garden: 1.4 mi
- Word Garden: 1.4 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 1.4 mi
- Aloe Alley: 1.4 mi
- Horticultural Therapy Beds: 1.4 mi
- Cactus and Succulent Ramada: 1.4 mi
- Water Harvesting Feature: 1.4 mi
- Kitchen Courtyard: 1.4 mi
- Sig Boysen Home Composting Site: 1.4 mi
- Floral Patio: 1.4 mi
- Old Fort Lowell Hospital: 1.9 mi
- Airmen Memorial Bridge: 2.8 mi
- U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Dr. Thomas Mixner Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Valley of the Moon: 3.8 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 2.1 mi
- Tucson Desert Art Museum: 2.9 mi
- Ignite Sign Art Museum: 3.2 mi
- Museum of Art: 3.9 mi
- Arizona State Museum: 3.9 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Sykes Knob Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Seven Falls: 9.4 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 11.4 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 13.0 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 13.7 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 13.7 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 11.7 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 11.7 mi
- Alcatraz: 11.8 mi
- Sun Spot: 13.8 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 15.7 mi
- Pantano: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Swanway Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | NNE 22° | 2,794 m | 15.5 mi |
| Marshall Peak | NNE 29° | 2,530 m | 14.8 mi |
| Spencer Peak | NNE 34° | 2,493 m | 15.4 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | NNE 14° | 2,425.64 m | 10.8 mi |
| Window Peak | NNE 11° | 2,277 m | 9.9 mi |
| Lizard Rock | NE 48° | 2,215 m | 15.0 mi |
| Rose Peak | NE 44° | 2,214 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Kimball | N 3° | 2,213.56 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:49 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:46 | 17:23 |
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 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 78 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 83 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 4 mi away.
- Desert Spiny Lizard281 obs
- Queen184 obs
- Broad-billed Hummingbird125 obs
- Cooper's Hawk118 obs
- Mourning Dove115 obs
- Monarch106 obs
- Western Whiptail104 obs
- House Sparrow103 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/160108211
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 3 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 23 mi
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