Yapa Park
Yapa Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 339 m. Hayes Peak stands 1,375 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Unity Wall, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1965
- Elevation
- 339 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Unity Wall: 0.2 mi
- Tryst Marker: 1.2 mi
- Cuatro Animales Salvajes: 1.5 mi
- El Espiritu del Desierto: 1.5 mi
- A Brief History of Technology: 1.5 mi
- God's Garden Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- Tuhavi Park: 0.3 mi
- Lenang Park: 0.5 mi
- Copper Leaf Park Two: 0.6 mi
- Copper Leaf Park Three: 0.7 mi
- Mill of Madness: 1.3 mi
- Axe Adventures: 2.9 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 4.8 mi
- Tea House: 5.1 mi
- Pillar of Knowledge: 5.2 mi
- Twin Butte: 2.9 mi
- Bell Butte: 3.2 mi
- Two Peaks: 3.2 mi
- Dobbins Lookout: 4.4 mi
- Hayden Butte: 5.3 mi
- old stone houses: 3.0 mi
- Bower Park Commemoration: 3.5 mi
- W.P. Hunt Building Commemoration: 3.5 mi
- Chapel Commemoration: 3.5 mi
- Administration Building Commemoration: 3.5 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 5.1 mi
- Secret Garden: 5.1 mi
- Dry Garden: 5.2 mi
- The Learning Patch: 5.2 mi
- Life Sciences Courtyard: 5.3 mi
- Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center: 3.1 mi
- S'edav Va'aki Museum: 3.7 mi
- Arizona Science Center: 4.1 mi
- Children's Museum of Phoenix: 4.1 mi
- Create at Arizona Science Center: 4.2 mi
- Piedras Grandes Picnic Ground: 5.0 mi
- Las Lomitas Picnic Ground: 5.0 mi
- Ramada #1: 5.2 mi
- Ramada #2=: 5.2 mi
- Ruben Romero Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 2.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 2.5 mi
- South Mountain Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Rio Salado Audubon Center: 3.1 mi
- Hayden Butte Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Chinese Wall: 4.4 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 23.0 mi
- Morrells Wall: 23.4 mi
- Coon Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Sven Slab: 23.9 mi
- Illinois: 11.1 mi
- Marinette: 19.7 mi
- Mountain Spring: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Yapa Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Peak | WSW 239° | 1,375 m | 17.3 mi |
| Montezuma Peak | SW 214° | 1,313 m | 18.1 mi |
| Quartz Peak | SW 225° | 1,235 m | 16.8 mi |
| McDowell Peak | NNE 34° | 1,230 m | 21.4 mi |
| Butterfly Mountain | SW 223° | 1,221 m | 16.4 mi |
| Thompson Peak | NE 36° | 1,214 m | 20.7 mi |
| Drinkwater Peak | NNE 33° | 1,192 m | 21.2 mi |
| Montezuma Sleeping | SW 231° | 1,113 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:05 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:54 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phoenix AP, 2 mi away.
- stinknet78 obs
- Western Honey Bee49 obs
- Brittlebush34 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle30 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis22 obs
- Notch-leaf Scorpionweed21 obs
- Mourning Dove20 obs
- Gambel's Quail19 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/935184500
Day trips start here
- Greater Phoenix · 4 mi
- Guadalupe · 4 mi
- Tempe · 7 mi
- Phoenix · 8 mi
- Scottsdale · 9 mi
- Chandler · 12 mi
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