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Verdugo Park

Verdugo Park from directly overhead

Verdugo Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 716 m. Cathedral Rock stands 2,426 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mission Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Tucson
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.21078, -110.98398

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ormsby Park: 0.5 mi
  • El Parque de San Cosme: 0.5 mi
  • El Paso and Southwestern Greenway: 0.5 mi
  • Santa Rosa Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rosendo S. Perez Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Sentinel Peak: 0.5 mi
  • Tumamoc Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Tolson Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Enchanted Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Twin Hills: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
Springs
  • Finger Rock Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Pima Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 13.5 mi
Artworks: 56
  • Tumamoc and the River of Life: 0.4 mi
  • Be Kind: 0.4 mi
  • Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 0.5 mi
  • La Primera Vista: 0.5 mi
  • Mesquite Garden Archway: 0.7 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Mission Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Desert Survivors: 0.3 mi
  • El Rio Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Krutch Garden: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 48
  • The big "A": 0.5 mi
  • La Pilita Mural: 0.7 mi
  • Community Mural: 0.7 mi
  • Barrio Histórico District: 0.8 mi
  • Tucson Presidio: 1.1 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 23
Picnic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 16.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 17.3 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 17.3 mi
  • Alcatraz: 17.4 mi
  • Sun Spot: 19.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cathedral RockNE 34°2,425.64 m14.7 mi
Window PeakNNE 33°2,277 m13.7 mi
Mount KimballNNE 28°2,213.56 m13.0 mi
Little KimballNNE 30°2,171 m12.7 mi
Gorp PeakNNE 30°2,037 m12.2 mi
Rattlesnake PeakNE 43°2,030.51 m14.7 mi
Prominent PointNNE 25°2,017.75 m11.8 mi
Finger GuardNNE 26°1,972.4 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0418:36
June solstice05:1918:5819:34
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2216:4717:24

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545763697887888783736253
Precip in0.90.80.60.30.20.32.02.61.70.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson WFO, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove273 obs
  • saguaro237 obs
  • Rock Pigeon170 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher168 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner167 obs
  • Creosote Bush159 obs
  • Brittlebush131 obs
  • House Finch119 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/738408973

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