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Venturoso Park

Venturoso Park from directly overhead

Venturoso Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 431 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 30 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1981
Elevation
431 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
Coordinates33.61684, -112.01135
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • iron statue: 3.2 mi
  • Perl Charles Memoral Trail: 4.7 mi
  • Cloud 9: 4.7 mi
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Spire: 5.2 mi
  • Living Tree Celebration - Leigh Richards Fry: 5.2 mi
Attractions
  • Starfire Golf Club: 6.2 mi
  • Arch: 6.7 mi
  • Phoenix Bat Cave: 7.1 mi
  • Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs: 8.8 mi
  • Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Still Standing Shade Stop: 5.2 mi
  • The Potted Plant Inc.: 5.3 mi
  • CamelBackyard Community Food Hub: 8.8 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Entry Garden: 9.0 mi
Springs: 42
  • Mountain Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Jims Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Apache Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Flemming Spring: 19.0 mi
Museums: 40
Picnic sites: 32
  • Maricopa Area 3: 3.8 mi
  • Havasupi Area 8: 3.9 mi
  • Tewa Area 5: 4.0 mi
  • Pima Area 4: 4.0 mi
  • Yavapai Area 10: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Camp Creek Falls: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Illinois: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Venturoso Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East EndENE 70°1,240 m12.9 mi
McDowell PeakENE 75°1,230 m11.5 mi
Thompson PeakE 81°1,214 m11.6 mi
Tom's ThumbENE 69°1,196 m12.3 mi
Drinkwater PeakENE 74°1,192 m11.2 mi
Granite MountainNE 46°1,072 m16.5 mi
Troon MountainNE 55°1,060 m11.9 mi
Cholla MountainNE 43°1,038 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3318:0718:40
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard29 obs
  • California Barrel Cactus27 obs
  • stinknet24 obs
  • Rock Pigeon20 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle20 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher17 obs
  • Western Honey Bee16 obs
  • Gambel's Quail15 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/71075408

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