Vista del Camino Park
Vista del Camino Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 366 m. East End stands 1,240 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tall Cross, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 366 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Scottsdale
How to reach it
- 21.2 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Tall Cross: 0.3 mi
- Tree of Life: 1.8 mi
- Loma del Rio Ruins: 2.0 mi
- Tovrea Castle: 3.4 mi
- Pueblo Grande Ball Court: 4.1 mi
- Papago Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
- Indian Bend Park: 0.6 mi
- Eldorado Park: 0.7 mi
- Singh Meadows: 0.8 mi
- Apache Park: 1.1 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 1.5 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 1.5 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 1.5 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 1.5 mi
- Swimming Dreamers: 1.5 mi
- Akimel O'Odham Kitchen: 1.6 mi
- Big Horn Sheep: 1.7 mi
- The Hole in the Rock: 1.8 mi
- Visitors Center: 1.8 mi
- Oryx: 1.8 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 1.8 mi
- Papago Buttes: 2.2 mi
- Hayden Butte: 2.4 mi
- Barnes Butte: 2.5 mi
- Bell Butte: 4.7 mi
- South Scottsdale Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Plants of the Outback: 1.4 mi
- Mediterranean Garden: 1.4 mi
- Chihuahuan Selection: 1.4 mi
- Sonoran Desert Habitat: 1.4 mi
- Elliot Ramada: 2.3 mi
- Ramada #1: 5.9 mi
- Ramada #2=: 5.9 mi
- Ramada #5: 6.0 mi
- Ramada #6: 6.0 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Echo Canyon Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.0 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 9.5 mi
- Chinese Wall: 11.1 mi
- Coon Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 16.6 mi
- Morrells Wall: 17.0 mi
- Sven Slab: 17.6 mi
- Mountain Spring: 15.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 24.0 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 24.6 mi
- Marinette: 22.7 mi
- Goldfield Ghost Town: 24.6 mi
- Illinois: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Vista del Camino Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | NNE 23° | 1,240 m | 16.7 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 22° | 1,230 m | 15.0 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NNE 25° | 1,214 m | 14.2 mi |
| Tom's Thumb | NNE 21° | 1,196 m | 16.6 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 20° | 1,192 m | 14.9 mi |
| Troon Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,060 m | 18.3 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | NE 36° | 935 m | 13.0 mi |
| Usery Mountain | E 79° | 905 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:05 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
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 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 74 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tempe ASU, 2 mi away.
- Gambel's Quail846 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard703 obs
- Queen634 obs
- Cactus Wren623 obs
- saguaro597 obs
- Round-tailed Ground Squirrel577 obs
- Mourning Dove496 obs
- Curve-billed Thrasher450 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/198990628
Day trips start here
- Scottsdale · 3 mi
- Tempe · 3 mi
- Mesa · 6 mi
- Guadalupe · 7 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 9 mi
- Gilbert · 10 mi
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