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Aurora Demonstration Garden

Aurora Demonstration Garden from directly overhead

Aurora Demonstration Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,668 m. Warren Peak stands 2,429 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is 7/20 Memorial Reflection Garden, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 20 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Aurora
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.70999, -104.81084

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • City Center Park: 0.3 mi
  • Settlers Park: 0.6 mi
  • Toll Gate Park: 0.7 mi
  • Centre Hills Park Disc Golf Course: 0.7 mi
  • CentrePointe Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Art Center: 1.1 mi
  • Gemestone Arrowheads: 1.1 mi
  • Stained Glass: 1.6 mi
  • Aurora Akimbo: 2.6 mi
  • Corpus Callosum (East End/Ball): 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
Museums: 55
Picnic sites: 42
  • Good Times: 3.1 mi
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 6.0 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 6.5 mi
Peaks: 41
  • Ruby Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 14.2 mi
  • Highlands Point: 15.7 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 13.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Aurora Demonstration Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Warren PeakSW 232°2,429 m23.0 mi
Mount MorrisonW 263°2,401 m21.9 mi
Tin CupWSW 249°2,394 m22.3 mi
Mount FalconWSW 256°2,390 m23.0 mi
Mount LindoWSW 252°2,378 m22.4 mi
Goat MountainSW 230°2,373 m23.4 mi
Lininger MountainW 267°2,360 m23.7 mi
Bald MountainWSW 243°2,356 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:11
June solstice05:3219:5120:31
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog58 obs
  • field bindweed58 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk53 obs
  • showy milkweed53 obs
  • Canada Goose51 obs
  • American Robin46 obs
  • cowpen daisy45 obs
  • Mallard40 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/668798103

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