Skip to content
Byway
Garden · Nevada

Boulder City Community Garden

Boulder City Community Garden from directly overhead

Boulder City Community Garden is a garden in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 769 m. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 20 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.97925, -114.84009
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wilbur Square: 0.3 mi
  • Celebration Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bootleg Canyon Park: 1.2 mi
  • Hemenway Valley Park: 1.2 mi
  • Bootleg Canyon Park: 1.3 mi
Attractions
  • (unknown object): 1.0 mi
  • Bender Sender Road Gap Step Down: 1.2 mi
  • Large Road Gap Jump: 1.2 mi
  • Gap Jump: 1.2 mi
  • Teeter Totter: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 55
  • Black Mountain Overlook: 1.7 mi
  • Red Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Black Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • River Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • The Knoll: 4.6 mi
Museums: 26
Historic sites: 25
  • TWA Terminal Building: 0.7 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 0.7 mi
  • Bootleg Canyon: 1.3 mi
  • High Scaler Statue: 6.1 mi
  • Hoover Dam Mascot Memorial: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Victory Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Rock Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Rock Art (Peace): 12.7 mi
  • Rock Garden: 13.0 mi
Springs: 15
  • Nevada Hot Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Forlorn Hope Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Davis Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Wildhorse Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
Hot springs: 8
  • Hot Springs: 5.1 mi
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Hot Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Hot Spring: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilsonE 85°1,663 m12.8 mi
Muddy PeakNNE 20°1,590 m23.5 mi
Black MountainWSW 254°1,552.05 m11.9 mi
Peak 5058WSW 246°1,541.7 m12.5 mi
Peak 4928WSW 250°1,502.06 m12.2 mi
Knob HillS 182°1,348 m21.9 mi
Arden PeakWSW 259°1,322.23 m11.6 mi
Peak 4163W 262°1,268.89 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:51
June solstice05:2419:2220:00
September equinox06:2818:0418:38
December solstice06:4715:5016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505562707990969385725950
Precip in0.80.91.00.30.20.10.60.50.40.50.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alan Bible Visitor CTR, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Creosote Bush195 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle141 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck115 obs
  • Mallard99 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove97 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear84 obs
  • Snow Goose78 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant60 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/1285638740

More gardens in Nevada

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore gardens
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Boulder City Community Garden.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens