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Canoa Rest Area

Canoa Rest Area from directly overhead

Canoa Rest Area is a rest area in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 917 m. Mount Wrightson stands 2,882 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Arizona Department of Transportation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.77061, -111.03400

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Yoas Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Elephant Head: 6.4 mi
  • Tinaja Hills: 6.6 mi
  • Tinaja Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Diablito Mountain: 8.2 mi
Springs
  • Agua Caliente Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Chino Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Chino Spring Number Two: 7.1 mi
  • Toros Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 9.6 mi
Parks: 32
  • Canoa Preserve Park: 4.5 mi
  • Desert Meadows Park: 6.5 mi
  • Madera Highlands Park: 8.1 mi
  • Madera Highlands: 8.7 mi
  • Quail Creek-Veterans Municipal Park: 9.7 mi
Historic sites: 21
Ghost towns: 7
Attractions: 5
  • Whitehouse Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • F4 Phantom: 20.4 mi
  • Cienega Trail, Buenos Aires NWR: 21.7 mi
  • Crusher: 22.4 mi
  • Bat viewing benches: 24.6 mi
Museums: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Arivaca Community Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 22.9 mi
  • Patagonia Memorial Garden: 22.9 mi
  • Patagonia Community Garden: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Patagonia Mosaic: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Canoa Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WrightsonESE 115°2,882.32 m12.1 mi
Mount HopkinsESE 123°2,576 m10.4 mi
Josephine PeakESE 119°2,563 m12.9 mi
McCleary PeakESE 105°2,546 m11.3 mi
Florida PeakESE 104°2,480 m12.4 mi
Pete MountainESE 118°2,307 m9.2 mi
Jack MountainESE 119°2,270 m11.2 mi
Castle DomeE 88°2,022 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0418:36
June solstice05:2018:5819:33
September equinox06:1317:5018:22
December solstice07:2116:4817:25

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525460667584858480706051
Precip in0.80.90.60.30.20.42.92.71.70.80.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Green Valley, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/954498042

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