Thomas Road Rest Stop
Thomas Road Rest Stop is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 372 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is South Scottsdale Community Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 372 m
How to reach it
- 21.3 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Osborn Park: 0.5 mi
- Eldorado Park: 0.8 mi
- Pima Park: 1.0 mi
- Scottsdale Civic Center Mall: 1.0 mi
- Indian School Park: 1.3 mi
- Caduceus: 0.8 mi
- LOVE: 1.0 mi
- Windows to the West: 1.1 mi
- Charles Miller: 1.1 mi
- Winfield Scott Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Lovely Bride: 1.2 mi
- Akimel O'Odham Kitchen: 2.2 mi
- Visitors Center: 2.3 mi
- Majestic Mariposas: 2.3 mi
- The Hole in the Rock: 2.5 mi
- Tall Cross: 1.4 mi
- Tree of Life: 2.1 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 3.3 mi
- Crucifix: 3.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 2.5 mi
- Papago Buttes: 2.5 mi
- Barnes Butte: 2.7 mi
- Camelback Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Hayden Butte: 3.8 mi
- South Scottsdale Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Desert Botanical Garden Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Desert Botanical Garden: 2.2 mi
- Native Crop Garden: 2.2 mi
- Berlin Agave Yucca Forest: 2.2 mi
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.0 mi
- Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West: 1.3 mi
- Hoo-Hoogam Ki Museum: 2.8 mi
- Arizona Heritage Center: 2.8 mi
- Hall of Flame Fire Museum: 3.2 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 2.7 mi
- Ramada #1: 7.4 mi
- Ramada #2=: 7.4 mi
- Ramada #5: 7.5 mi
- Ramada #6: 7.6 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 10.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 10.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Chinese Wall: 12.4 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 15.2 mi
- Morrells Wall: 15.6 mi
- Coon Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Sven Slab: 16.1 mi
- Mountain Spring: 14.3 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 23.4 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 23.7 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 25.0 mi
- Marinette: 22.2 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 24.5 mi
- Illinois: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Thomas Road Rest Stop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NNE 25° | 1,240 m | 15.2 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 24° | 1,230 m | 13.5 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 27° | 1,214 m | 12.7 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 23° | 1,196 m | 15.1 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 22° | 1,192 m | 13.5 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,060 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pass Mountain | E 89° | 1,007 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NE 40° | 935 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
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 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 4 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle136 obs
- Mallard54 obs
- Northern Mockingbird53 obs
- Great Blue Heron51 obs
- stinknet48 obs
- Rosy-faced Lovebird44 obs
- Gambel's Quail42 obs
- Great Egret41 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/554569051
Day trips start here
- Scottsdale · 2 mi
- Tempe · 5 mi
- Mesa · 7 mi
- Guadalupe · 8 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 10 mi
- Phoenix · 10 mi
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