University Park
University Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodland Parkway, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1921
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodland Parkway: 0.1 mi
- Hu-O-Te Park: 0.3 mi
- Library Park: 0.3 mi
- Wesley Bolin Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.7 mi
- USS Arizona/Missouri Bow Flag Marker: 0.4 mi
- USS Arizona Monument: 0.4 mi
- Arizona Fire Fighers Memorial: 0.4 mi
- USS Missouri Cannon: 0.5 mi
- Guns to Salute the Fallen: 0.5 mi
- Winged Victory: 0.6 mi
- Her Secret is Patience: 0.7 mi
- Kasuga-Doro: 0.9 mi
- Pagoda: 0.9 mi
- Release the Fear: 0.9 mi
- Tea House: 0.9 mi
- Arizona State Fairgrounds: 1.3 mi
- Cadillac Graveyard: 2.6 mi
- Mill of Madness: 6.1 mi
- Phoenix Bat Cave: 6.6 mi
- Twin Butte: 7.4 mi
- Two Peaks: 7.6 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 7.6 mi
- Bell Butte: 7.6 mi
- Piestewa Peak: 7.6 mi
- Dry Garden: 0.9 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 0.9 mi
- Phoenix Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Bio Garden: 2.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.2 mi
- Phoenix Trolley Museum: 0.2 mi
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum: 0.4 mi
- Phoenix Police Museum: 0.7 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 1.2 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 1.2 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 7.4 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 7.4 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 7.7 mi
- Quechan Area 7: 9.0 mi
- Yavapai Area 10: 9.0 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 2.4 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.8 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Chinese Wall: 8.0 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 22.6 mi
- Morrells Wall: 23.0 mi
- Sven Slab: 23.6 mi
- Marinette: 14.6 mi
- Illinois: 16.0 mi
- Mountain Spring: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of University Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | SW 222° | 1,375 m | 16.7 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SSW 199° | 1,313 m | 19.6 mi |
| East End | NE 46° | 1,240 m | 22.8 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SSW 208° | 1,235 m | 17.4 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NE 47° | 1,230 m | 21.1 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,221 m | 17.1 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 50° | 1,214 m | 20.7 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NE 45° | 1,196 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — South Phoenix, 5 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle203 obs
- Rosy-faced Lovebird171 obs
- Rock Pigeon167 obs
- stinknet133 obs
- Mallard127 obs
- Northern Mockingbird77 obs
- House Sparrow69 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove58 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/357170792
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 1 mi
- Phoenix · 4 mi
- Guadalupe · 9 mi
- Scottsdale · 9 mi
- Tempe · 11 mi
- Mesa · 15 mi
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