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Community Garden

Community Garden from directly overhead

Community Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,522 m. Lookout Mountain stands 3,230 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Creekside Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 1.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Fort Collins

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.56201, -105.08408
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Creekside Park: 0.3 mi
  • Spring Park: 0.6 mi
  • CSU Trial Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Woodwest Park: 0.8 mi
  • Indian Hills Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Mallard's Nest Natural Area: 0.7 mi
  • Fischer Natural Area: 0.9 mi
  • Ross Natural Area: 1.1 mi
  • Udall Natural Area: 1.9 mi
  • Springer Natural Area: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 17
  • Piano Ridge: 3.6 mi
  • Bootie Slab: 3.6 mi
  • Torture Chamber: 3.6 mi
  • Duncan's Ridge: 3.7 mi
  • Bolt Wall: 3.7 mi
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 13
  • Annie's Grave: 1.9 mi
  • Don Lightbody: 2.3 mi
  • Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado: 2.7 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Strauss Cabin: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Dixon Reservoir Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Willows Landing: 8.1 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Heron Cove: 8.3 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Horsetooth Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Fox Creek Falls: 23.6 mi
  • West Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Blue Arena: 9.5 mi
  • Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 12.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Nelson Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Bedsprings: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainW 265°3,230 m19.8 mi
West White Pine MountainW 278°3,140 m20.6 mi
East White Pine MountainW 279°3,111 m19.2 mi
Crystal MountainW 265°3,029 m18.4 mi
Storm MountainWSW 252°3,015 m16.7 mi
Crosier MountainWSW 244°2,809 m20.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 231°2,722 m20.4 mi
Boiler HillW 262°2,697 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5420:35
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5416:37

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442495867737163503931
Precip in0.40.51.32.12.71.91.61.41.41.30.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Collins, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel532 obs
  • Western Honey Bee439 obs
  • Canada Goose332 obs
  • Mallard299 obs
  • Japanese Beetle268 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee203 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle192 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk177 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/313761710

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