BU C Garden
BU C Garden is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,440 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Water & Pollinator Conservation Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Utah
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 7.0 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Block U: 0.2 mi
- Block U: 1.2 mi
- Grizzly Bear: 1.5 mi
- Polar Bear: 1.5 mi
- Harbor Seal & Sea Lion: 1.6 mi
- 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Cauldron: 0.3 mi
- Price Family Holocaust Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- LDS Tenth Ward Square: 1.3 mi
- Bennett Vista Trail: 1.3 mi
- Quarry House: 1.4 mi
- Presidents Circle: 0.4 mi
- Chapel Glen: 0.6 mi
- Reservoir Park: 0.6 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 0.7 mi
- Victory Park: 0.8 mi
- Solar Plaza: 0.9 mi
- Secret Wayside: 1.2 mi
- #1 - Raspberry: 2.8 mi
- #2 - Hidden Falls: 2.9 mi
- #3 - Cherry Tree Grove: 2.9 mi
- Twin Peaks: 2.3 mi
- Mount Wire: 2.5 mi
- Jacks Peak: 3.0 mi
- Ensign Peak: 3.3 mi
- Pencil Point: 3.5 mi
- Water & Pollinator Conservation Garden: 0.0 mi
- Sill Garden: 0.2 mi
- Nuh Eevaat Garden: 0.3 mi
- Popperton Plots Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.1 mi
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts: 0.1 mi
- Fort Douglas Museum: 0.6 mi
- Garden Exhibits: 1.1 mi
- Natural History Museum Of Utah: 1.2 mi
- Trolley History Museum: 1.5 mi
- Wagner Spring: 2.2 mi
- Emigration Tunnel Spring: 2.5 mi
- Baskin Spring: 5.6 mi
- Indian Spring: 6.1 mi
- Enoch Spring: 6.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 10.8 mi
- Moss Ledge Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Donut Falls: 13.4 mi
- Upper Lisa Falls: 14.1 mi
- Lisa Falls: 14.3 mi
- H-Rock Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Fife Wetland Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 12.1 mi
- Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Legacy Nature Reserve: 12.7 mi
- Johnson: 8.3 mi
- Bacchus: 14.8 mi
- Forest City: 20.5 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 20.5 mi
- Lark: 21.0 mi
- Industrial Arch: 4.4 mi
- Storm Window Arch: 18.1 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 21.6 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 18.9 mi
- Sunset Beach: 19.9 mi
- Camera Flats: 24.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 3.3 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of BU C Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks (East) | SSE 151° | 3,453.4 m | 13.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks (West) | SSE 151° | 3,452.8 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | SSE 149° | 3,436.6 m | 13.7 mi |
| Dromedary Peak | SSE 148° | 3,385.4 m | 13.7 mi |
| Kesler Peak | SE 136° | 3,170.8 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sundial Peak | SE 144° | 3,134 m | 14.0 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | SE 127° | 3,115 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Raymond | SE 134° | 3,108 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:20 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City E Bench, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel1,436 obs
- Black-billed Magpie773 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee589 obs
- Western Honey Bee579 obs
- Mule Deer474 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug466 obs
- arrowleaf balsamroot412 obs
- Hunt's Bumble Bee404 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13157312016
Day trips start here
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- Sandy · 13 mi
- Draper · 17 mi
- Park City · 19 mi
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