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Centennial Gardens

Centennial Gardens from directly overhead

Centennial Gardens is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,580 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mega Wedgie, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Denver Botanic Gardens
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.75242, -105.00976

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Fishback Landing Park: 0.1 mi
  • REI Park: 0.2 mi
  • Confluence East Park: 0.2 mi
  • Platte River at Elitch Gardens Park: 0.3 mi
  • LoDo Children's Playground: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Commons Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Morey Middle School Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Picnic sites: 47
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 0.2 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 0.2 mi
  • Pikes Peak Picnic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
  • Maroon Bells Picnic Pavilion: 0.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 11.7 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 23.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 13.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Centennial Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centralia MountainWNW 285°2,982 m19.8 mi
Mount TomWNW 284°2,969 m18.7 mi
Douglas MountainW 277°2,927 m19.6 mi
Blue MountainWNW 296°2,846 m19.4 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 301°2,724 m18.8 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 226°2,711 m18.7 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 287°2,686 m17.7 mi
Centennial ConeW 270°2,640 m18.5 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 solstice07:1815:5716:39

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
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel321 obs
  • Rock Pigeon274 obs
  • Canada Goose239 obs
  • Western Honey Bee195 obs
  • Mallard147 obs
  • tree-of-heaven135 obs
  • Japanese Beetle128 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron126 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/776905303

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