Park Spring
Park Spring is a spring in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 703 m. Browns Peak stands 2,334 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Butte, a peak 2.0 miles away. Apache Trail Historic Road passes 16 miles off.
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Apache Trail Historic Road
- 19.0 mi off the From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Apache Lake Vista · 21 mi
- Fish Creek Vista · 23 mi
- Roosevelt Diversion Dam · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Butte: 2.0 mi
- Edwards Peak: 3.9 mi
- Cypress Peak: 5.3 mi
- Kayler Butte: 5.3 mi
- Eagle Peak: 6.2 mi
- Nook Spring: 2.3 mi
- Chalk Spring: 2.4 mi
- Walnut Canyon Spring: 2.4 mi
- Packard Spring: 2.5 mi
- Daniels Spring: 3.6 mi
- Horse Pasture Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Roosevelt Lake Wildlife Area: 11.1 mi
- Three Bar Wildlife Study Area: 12.4 mi
- Three Bar Wildlife Area: 17.4 mi
- Windy Hill Recreation Site: 18.6 mi
- Lookout Point: 9.4 mi
- Glendale Point: 9.9 mi
- The Jug: 12.8 mi
- Malpais Cliffs: 13.1 mi
- Dead Boy Point: 14.7 mi
- Vineyard Canyon Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Haigler Canyon Picnic Use 2: 13.9 mi
- Cottonwood Cove Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Burnt Corral Picnic: 17.7 mi
- S B Cove: 17.8 mi
- Fort Reno Site: 2.7 mi
- El Oso Mine Camp: 8.7 mi
- Del Shay Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Cline Cabin: 11.0 mi
- Dupont Cabin: 13.2 mi
- Buckhorn Beach: 16.8 mi
- Fish Beach: 20.2 mi
- Back Beach: 20.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 22.7 mi
- Black Rock: 19.4 mi
- Desert Belle Cruises: 24.2 mi
- Workman Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Park Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Peak | S 185° | 2,334 m | 12.6 mi |
| Brother Peak | S 185° | 2,329 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sister Peak | S 185° | 2,308 m | 13.3 mi |
| Amethyst Peak | S 185° | 2,293 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mount Ord | WNW 294° | 2,165 m | 6.4 mi |
| Copper Mountain | ENE 71° | 2,028 m | 12.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | WNW 292° | 2,008 m | 6.2 mi |
| Picture Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,963 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:51 | 18:23 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:43 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 82 | 88 | 86 | 80 | 68 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Punkin CTR, under a mile away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 334 | 347 | 435 | 133 | 37.8 | 11.1 | 24.5 | 78.6 | 36.5 | 47.4 | 57.7 | 202 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tonto Creek Above Gun Creek, Near Roosevelt, AZ, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- stinknet10 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad7 obs
- saguaro5 obs
- Gambel's Quail4 obs
- Red-spotted Toad4 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus4 obs
- Common Coachwhip4 obs
- Regal Horned Lizard3 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 node/2006091759
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