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Villa Serena Park

Villa Serena Park from directly overhead

Villa Serena Park is a park in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 765 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is McT-Rex, a artwork 0.9 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.24505, -110.86497

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Mountain Cove Estates: 3.2 mi
  • 100-Acre Wood Bike Park: 4.2 mi
  • Estate of Isabelle Lee: 4.7 mi
  • Bear Creek Ranch: 5.0 mi
  • Case Natural Resources Park: 5.3 mi
Peaks
  • Whaleback: 5.5 mi
  • Mount Miguel: 6.8 mi
  • Saddleback: 7.0 mi
  • Twin Hills: 7.3 mi
  • Twin Hills: 7.4 mi
Springs
  • Rancho Fundoshi Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Rock Ledge Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Gibbon Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Finger Rock Spring: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 55
  • McT-Rex: 0.9 mi
  • Moments To Remember: 2.0 mi
  • Butterfly Project Installation: 2.5 mi
  • Organ Pipe Cactus: 2.6 mi
  • G’s Horn: 2.6 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Cactus and Succulent Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Word Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Xeriscape Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Horticultural Therapy Beds: 2.5 mi
  • Native American Crops: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 47
  • Sig Boysen Home Composting Site: 2.5 mi
  • Water Harvesting Feature: 2.5 mi
  • Cactus and Succulent Ramada: 2.5 mi
  • Kitchen Courtyard: 2.5 mi
  • Floral Patio: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 24
  • Tucson Desert Art Museum: 1.4 mi
  • The Mini Time Machine Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Ignite Sign Art Museum: 4.8 mi
  • H. H. Franklin Auto Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Museum of Art: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Jailhouse Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Mr Meanor Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Alcatraz: 10.2 mi
  • Sun Spot: 12.2 mi
  • Honey Bee Canyon: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Villa Serena Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LemmonNNE 18°2,794 m14.3 mi
Mount BigelowNE 37°2,606.6 m14.7 mi
Kellogg MountainNE 38°2,561.41 m14.8 mi
Marshall PeakNNE 25°2,530 m13.6 mi
Spencer PeakNNE 30°2,493 m14.0 mi
Syke KnobNNE 27°2,426 m14.6 mi
Cathedral RockN 8°2,425.64 m9.9 mi
Barnum RockNE 42°2,424 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0318:35
June solstice05:1818:5819:34
September equinox06:1217:4918:22
December solstice07:2116:4617:23

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535561677585888782716052
Precip in1.11.00.60.30.10.32.32.61.00.60.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson Camp AVE EXP, 5 mi away.

  • Vermilion Flycatcher231 obs
  • Mourning Dove106 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk106 obs
  • Desert Spiny Lizard102 obs
  • House Finch97 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch79 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird76 obs
  • fishhook barrel cactus67 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/182260988

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