Cloud City Farm & Community Garden
Cloud City Farm & Community Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 3,049 m. Mount Elbert stands 4,401 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 0.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cloud City Conservation Center
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 11.6 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 4 mi
- Waterfall Overlook · 9 mi
- Cabin ruins · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fairview Hill: 1.6 mi
- Carbonate Hill: 1.6 mi
- Fryer Hill: 1.9 mi
- Iron Hill: 2.4 mi
- Yankee Hill: 2.6 mi
- Colorado & Southern 2-8-0 641: 1.1 mi
- Pyrenees Mine Headframe: 2.0 mi
- Matchless Mine: 2.0 mi
- Abandoned Bus: 3.8 mi
- Hopemore Mine Tour: 3.8 mi
- Ullr: 21.2 mi
- Deer: 21.3 mi
- The Nest: 21.3 mi
- Ciügaboc: 21.3 mi
- Isak Heartstone Troll: 21.3 mi
- Temple Israel: 0.7 mi
- National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.8 mi
- The Leadville Heritage Museum: 0.9 mi
- Tabor Home Museum: 0.9 mi
- Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin: 0.9 mi
- Ice Palace Park: 0.8 mi
- Bob Zaitz Park: 0.8 mi
- Leadville National Fish Hatchery: 6.7 mi
- Alma Town Park & Disc Golf Course: 13.4 mi
- T11: 18.9 mi
- The Boulevard to Soda Springs and Evergreen Lakes: 0.2 mi
- Stringtown Smelters: 0.3 mi
- Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Dog Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Clear Grit Mill: 4.4 mi
- Adelaide: 2.6 mi
- Oro City: 3.0 mi
- Climax: 10.5 mi
- Buckskin Joe: 12.2 mi
- Pando: 14.7 mi
- Emerald Lake: 8.3 mi
- Mount Elbert Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Continental Falls: 17.0 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 22.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 21.2 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 22.7 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 20.1 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Cloud City Farm & Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Elbert | SW 220° | 4,401.2 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Massive | WSW 246° | 4,398 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Democrat | NE 54° | 4,314.5 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount Sherman | E 101° | 4,280 m | 7.4 mi |
| Gemini Peak | E 95° | 4,243 m | 7.4 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | ESE 122° | 4,235 m | 7.7 mi |
| Traver Peak | NE 47° | 4,223 m | 11.5 mi |
| Dyer Mountain | E 93° | 4,214 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 41 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 37 | 25 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leadville Lake CO AP, 1 mi away.
- scentless mayweed19 obs
- fireweed19 obs
- common toadflax11 obs
- Rocky Mountain beardtongue8 obs
- blue columbine8 obs
- Canada Jay7 obs
- quaking aspen7 obs
- Mountain Cottontail6 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 way/1356479053
Day trips start here
- Breckenridge · 22 mi
- Vail · 27 mi
- Aspen · 28 mi
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