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Sweetwater Park

Sweetwater Park from directly overhead

Sweetwater Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 427 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Townhomes on the Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 28 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1978
Elevation
427 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.60537, -111.98750
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Spire: 4.2 mi
  • iron statue: 4.5 mi
  • Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 4.6 mi
  • Barry Goldwater Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 5.8 mi
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 4.6 mi
  • Phoenix Bat Cave: 6.3 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 7.2 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 7.3 mi
  • UFO Experience: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 58
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 4.2 mi
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 5.6 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Putting Green: 8.6 mi
  • Scottsdale Community Garden: 8.8 mi
Museums: 43
Springs: 43
  • Mountain Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Jims Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Apache Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Maricopa Area 3: 4.7 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 4.8 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 4.8 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 4.8 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Sweetwater Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 64°1,240 m11.9 mi
McDowell PeakENE 69°1,230 m10.5 mi
Thompson PeakENE 75°1,214 m10.4 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 62°1,196 m11.4 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 68°1,192 m10.1 mi
Granite MountainNE 41°1,072 m16.2 mi
Troon MountainNE 48°1,060 m11.3 mi
Cholla MountainNE 37°1,038 m15.7 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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle38 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher36 obs
  • Mallard33 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko27 obs
  • Rock Pigeon24 obs
  • stinknet24 obs
  • Gambel's Quail22 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher22 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/61326281

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