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Campus Community Garden

Campus Community Garden from directly overhead

Campus Community Garden is a garden in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 618 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Atomic Museum Vegas, a museum 0.2 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 1.6 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The UNLV Campus Community Garden is the place on campus to help create a sense of community, learning, and sustainability among students, faculty, and staff through the common goal of producing 100 percent organic, natural harvests.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.11363, -115.14445

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grand Flamingo Plaza Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
  • Cambridge Recreation Center Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cambridge Recreation Center Field: 0.4 mi
  • Molasky Family Park: 0.6 mi
  • Orr School Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • The Cube: 0.3 mi
  • The Flashlight: 0.4 mi
  • Different Daring Diverse: 0.4 mi
  • UNLV Surplus Center: 0.5 mi
  • The Talisman: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 60
Cliffs: 34
  • Whitney Mesa: 5.1 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 5.5 mi
  • Great Unconformity: 9.5 mi
  • Suburban Crag: 12.7 mi
  • Gun Club Left Wall: 13.3 mi
Springs: 28
  • Gypsum Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Gypsum Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Red Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Calico Spring: 15.8 mi
Museums: 27
Historic sites: 26
Gardens: 24
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Hot springs: 4
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Hot Springs: 23.9 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 24.2 mi
  • Hot Spring: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 3.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainWSW 243°2,562 m22.4 mi
La Madre MountainWNW 291°2,465 m18.9 mi
Mount WilsonW 266°2,155 m19.0 mi
Gass PeakN 354°2,111 m19.9 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakW 265°2,079 m18.9 mi
Rainbow MountainW 269°2,075 m19.3 mi
Mountain Springs PeakWSW 254°2,023 m19.6 mi
Bridge MountainW 275°1,968 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4915:5116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687788939284705748
Precip in0.60.80.40.20.10.00.40.30.30.30.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccarran Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle420 obs
  • Rock Pigeon279 obs
  • House Sparrow179 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird69 obs
  • Mallard65 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx40 obs
  • Mourning Dove31 obs
  • Canada Goose31 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/1433139868

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