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Tohono Chul

Tohono Chul from directly overhead

Tohono Chul is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 769 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Palm Oasis, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1985-04-19
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.33984, -110.98076

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • James D. Kriegh Park: 2.6 mi
  • Casas Adobes Park: 3.0 mi
  • Paseo Del Rio Neighborhood Park: 3.0 mi
  • Children's Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • The Bluffs Neighborhood Park Ramada: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Pusch Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Rosewood Point: 3.4 mi
  • The Cleaver: 3.7 mi
  • Bighorn Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Table Mountain: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Mason Center: 4.4 mi
  • Silverbell Hills Estates: 4.9 mi
  • Silverbell-Goret Open Space: 5.8 mi
  • Ina Silverbell Parcel: 5.9 mi
  • Painted Sunset Greenway: 6.0 mi
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Pima Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Buster Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Cargodera Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Red Warrior Spring: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Dream It, Then Do It: 2.5 mi
  • Baseball: 2.5 mi
  • Baseball: 2.5 mi
  • Soccer Ball: 2.5 mi
  • Joshua Tree: 3.9 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Desert Palm Oasis: 0.0 mi
  • Spanish Colonial Courtyard: 0.0 mi
  • Hummingbird Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Sonoran Seasons Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
Attractions: 45
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 8.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 14.9 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 14.9 mi
  • Alcatraz: 15.0 mi
  • Sun Spot: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Tohono Chul. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LemmonENE 58°2,794 m13.2 mi
Marshall PeakENE 65°2,530 m13.7 mi
Spencer PeakENE 68°2,493 m14.9 mi
Syke KnobENE 65°2,426 m14.9 mi
Cathedral RockENE 68°2,425.64 m8.7 mi
Samaniego PeakNE 47°2,312 m13.1 mi
Window PeakENE 71°2,277 m7.7 mi
Butterfly PeakENE 66°2,227 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:36
June solstice05:1818:5919:35
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4617:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525560677685888681726052

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tohono Chul, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • saguaro405 obs
  • Desert Spiny Lizard324 obs
  • Queen210 obs
  • Zebra-tailed Lizard138 obs
  • Monarch137 obs
  • Costa's Hummingbird122 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail108 obs
  • Creosote Bush103 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/154363725

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