Sykes Knob Picnic Area
Sykes Knob Picnic Area is a picnic site in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 2,440 m. Mount Lemmon stands 2,794 m to the west-northwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Syke Knob, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Sky Island Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2440 m
How to reach it
- On the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
- 29.4 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- San Pedro Vista · 4 mi
- Geology Vista · 5 mi
- Windy Point · 5 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Syke Knob: 0.0 mi
- Spencer Peak: 0.9 mi
- Butterfly Peak: 1.1 mi
- Marshall Peak: 1.2 mi
- Westfall Knob: 2.1 mi
- Huntsman Spring: 0.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 0.6 mi
- Busch Spring: 0.7 mi
- Mint Spring: 1.0 mi
- Bill Williams Spring: 1.0 mi
- Faul Preservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Butterfly Research Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Santa Catalina Research Natural Area: 3.5 mi
- Tucson Audubon Society: 8.5 mi
- Upper Cañada del Oro: 9.0 mi
- Bear Canyon Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- General Hitchcock Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Wes Miller Park: 10.0 mi
- Roy P Drachman - Agua Caliente Regional Park: 10.4 mi
- McDonald District Park: 10.6 mi
- Friends of Catalina State Park: 9.3 mi
- Artisan Center: 11.9 mi
- Foutain of Youth: 12.3 mi
- Dream It, Then Do It: 13.4 mi
- Soccer Ball: 13.5 mi
- Victor Romero Rose Garden: 13.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 14.7 mi
- Sin Agua Garden: 14.9 mi
- Desert Living Courtyard: 14.9 mi
- Meditation Garden: 14.9 mi
- Incinerated Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Tall Wall: 3.0 mi
- The Window: 7.4 mi
- Geology Wall: 14.9 mi
- Crested Saguaro: 15.0 mi
- Catalina Camp: 3.4 mi
- Southern Belle Mine: 8.3 mi
- Miner's Grave: 8.4 mi
- OF Parker Ranch: 9.5 mi
- Catalina Mountain School: 10.4 mi
- Degrazia Gallery in the Sun: 11.3 mi
- motorcycle museum (under const.): 13.5 mi
- Tucson Desert Art Museum: 13.7 mi
- The Mini Time Machine Museum: 14.3 mi
- Children’s Museum Oro Valley: 14.9 mi
- Seven Catarcts: 4.9 mi
- Seven Falls: 7.3 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 9.8 mi
- Tanque Verde Falls: 13.4 mi
- Ernie's Falls: 14.8 mi
- Marshall Gulch Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Loma Linda Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Lower Bear Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Mr Meanor Wall: 7.0 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 7.0 mi
- Alcatraz: 7.0 mi
- Sun Spot: 7.2 mi
- Honey Bee Canyon: 12.6 mi
- American Flag: 10.4 mi
- Redington: 14.9 mi
- Tiger: 19.5 mi
- Cascabel: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Sykes Knob Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lemmon | WNW 287° | 2,794 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | ESE 119° | 2,606.6 m | 2.3 mi |
| Kellogg Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,561.41 m | 2.7 mi |
| Marshall Peak | WSW 243° | 2,530 m | 1.2 mi |
| Spencer Peak | SSE 158° | 2,493 m | 0.9 mi |
| Leopold Point | ESE 118° | 2,460 m | 3.4 mi |
| Syke Knob | W 269° | 2,426 m | 0.0 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | WSW 240° | 2,425.64 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:49 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 42 | 46 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 67 | 58 | 50 | 41 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Lemmon Willow Canyon, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359277073
Day trips start here
- Tucson · 18 mi
- Saguaro National Park · 19 mi
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