Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area
Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area is a picnic site in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 843 m. Mount Kimball stands 2,214 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Moth Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Sky Island Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 843 m
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 27 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 27 mi
- Windy Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Red Hills: 1.3 mi
- Amole Peak: 2.3 mi
- Wasson Peak: 2.5 mi
- Tower Peak: 3.2 mi
- Bureau of Reclamation Wildlife Mitigation Corridor: 2.4 mi
- Cap Land Bridge: 2.5 mi
- Holden Donation: 3.3 mi
- Andrada: 3.7 mi
- Malcolmson Donation: 4.6 mi
- Silverlake Park: 2.6 mi
- Tucson Mountain Wildlife Area: 3.0 mi
- Ez-Kim-In-Zin Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Sus Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Ironwood Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Untitled: 10.0 mi
- La Primera Vista: 10.4 mi
- Tumamoc and the River of Life: 10.5 mi
- Santa Cruz Gateway: 10.5 mi
- Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 10.6 mi
- Moth Garden: 0.2 mi
- Pollination Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Cactus Garden: 0.3 mi
- Agave Garden: 0.3 mi
- aquaponics: 10.2 mi
- Riparian Corridor: 0.2 mi
- Raptor Free Flight: 0.2 mi
- Cat Canyon: 0.2 mi
- Desert Grassland: 0.3 mi
- Mountain Woodland: 0.3 mi
- International Wildlife Museum: 5.8 mi
- Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum: 9.5 mi
- J. Knox Corbett House: 11.2 mi
- Tucson Museum of Art: 11.2 mi
- La Casa Cordova: 11.2 mi
- Bowen Stone House Ruins: 6.0 mi
- Saguarohenge: 9.0 mi
- Sun Circle: 10.1 mi
- Titan II Missile Base #11: 11.2 mi
- Battle of the Bulge: 11.3 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 17.0 mi
- Pima Spring: 18.8 mi
- Buster Spring: 19.9 mi
- Cochie Spring: 20.3 mi
- Bass Spring: 21.0 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Signal Hill Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 12.0 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 18.9 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 18.4 mi
- Seven Falls: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kimball | ENE 60° | 2,213.56 m | 19.2 mi |
| Little Kimball | ENE 62° | 2,171 m | 19.2 mi |
| Gorp Peak | ENE 63° | 2,037 m | 18.8 mi |
| Prominent Point | ENE 61° | 2,017.75 m | 17.9 mi |
| Finger Guard | ENE 61° | 1,972.4 m | 18.0 mi |
| Finger Rock | ENE 61° | 1,960.9 m | 18.0 mi |
| Table Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,908 m | 18.0 mi |
| Table Tooth | ENE 57° | 1,824 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:50 | 18:23 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 53 | 55 | 61 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 87 | 86 | 82 | 72 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson 11 W, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359247212
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- Tucson · 15 mi
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