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Thorpe Park

Thorpe Park from directly overhead

Thorpe Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 2,120 m. Humphreys Peak stands 3,851 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Town Spring Park, a park 0.3 miles away. San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road passes 2.9 miles off.

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Coordinates35.20171, -111.65887

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
  • McMillan Mesa: 2.4 mi
  • Devils Head: 3.9 mi
  • Observatory Mesa: 4.2 mi
  • TV Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Elden Mountain: 4.4 mi
Parks: 49
  • Old Town Spring Park: 0.3 mi
  • Thorpe Disc Golf Park: 0.3 mi
  • Thorpe Park: 0.4 mi
  • Plaza Vieja Park: 0.4 mi
  • Adrian Garcia Sr. Field: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 20
Museums: 14
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 11
  • Maricopa Ramada: 4.5 mi
  • Cochise Ramada: 4.5 mi
  • Navajo Ramada: 4.6 mi
  • Yavapai Ramada: 4.7 mi
  • Lake Mary Boat Landin: 11.9 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Historic sites: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Juniper Street Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • The Lizard Garden: 1.3 mi
  • The Pond and Wetland Garden: 1.3 mi
  • The Forest Garden: 1.3 mi
  • The Wildflower Garden: 1.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Parks Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • Parks Rest Area: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Sycamore Falls: 21.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Devil's Bridge: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Thorpe Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Humphreys PeakN 354°3,850.77 m10.1 mi
Agassiz PeakN 353°3,766 m8.6 mi
Fremont PeakN 359°3,648 m8.4 mi
Aubineau PeakN 360°3,608 m10.6 mi
Rees PeakN 2°3,497 m10.7 mi
Doyle PeakN 5°3,493 m8.9 mi
Schultz PeakN 11°3,074 m8.0 mi
Elden MountainNE 52°2,834 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0518:39
June solstice05:1319:0819:45
September equinox06:1517:5218:25
December solstice07:3216:4017:19

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313338445161676558483830
Precip in2.12.21.90.90.80.32.63.01.81.51.61.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flagstaff AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Two-striped Grasshopper259 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco212 obs
  • Plateau Fence Lizard178 obs
  • Western Honey Bee132 obs
  • Gambel Oak131 obs
  • Steller's Jay125 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee121 obs
  • American Crow107 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/467518382

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