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Barnum Community Garden & Orchard

Barnum Community Garden & Orchard from directly overhead

Barnum Community Garden & Orchard is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,609 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Denver Urban Gardens
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.71917, -105.03400

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Easy Crane Games: 1.5 mi
  • Twister III Rollercoaster: 2.2 mi
  • Brain Drain: 2.2 mi
  • Half Pipe: 2.2 mi
  • Tower of Doom: 2.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Colfax-Lakewood Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Lakewood-Colfax Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Totem Pole: 1.8 mi
  • USS Grayling (SS-209) Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Lamar Station: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 47
  • Picnic Table: 2.3 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 2.4 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 2.4 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 2.4 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 2.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lee Gulch: 9.6 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 21.0 mi
  • The Chutes: 24.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 10.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Barnum Community Garden & Orchard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomWNW 292°2,969 m18.1 mi
Berrian MountainSW 231°2,785 m17.8 mi
Legault MountainSW 224°2,757 m17.8 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 228°2,711 m16.2 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 295°2,686 m17.4 mi
Centennial ConeW 278°2,640 m17.4 mi
Crow HillSW 220°2,638 m17.5 mi
Huebner PeakSW 215°2,633 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5220:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose63 obs
  • Western Honey Bee54 obs
  • Mallard52 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant52 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel51 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird46 obs
  • showy milkweed42 obs
  • field bindweed40 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/333665796

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