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Creekside Community Garden

Creekside Community Garden from directly overhead

Creekside Community Garden is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,309 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Millcreek Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wasatch Community Gardens

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.69531, -111.86687

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Scott Avenue Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.8 mi
  • Millcreek Common: 0.8 mi
  • Fitts Park: 0.9 mi
  • McCall Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Joe Hill: 2.2 mi
  • 5VY4388: 2.7 mi
  • Carlisle Family Monument: 2.9 mi
  • Parley: 3.0 mi
  • The Chase Mill: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Gospel Grace Church: 3.2 mi
  • Carousel: 3.4 mi
  • Fear Factory: 4.5 mi
  • Arabian Sand Cat: 4.5 mi
  • Amur Tiger: 4.5 mi
Museums: 60
Peaks
  • Pencil Point: 4.2 mi
  • Jacks Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Mount Olympus (north): 5.5 mi
  • Grandeur Peak: 5.7 mi
  • Mount Olympus: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites
  • Wheeler Farm: 4.2 mi
  • Solar Plaza: 5.3 mi
  • Secret Wayside: 5.6 mi
  • Church Fork: 6.5 mi
  • #1 - Raspberry: 6.8 mi
Springs: 58
  • Wagner Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Mount Olympus Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Neffs Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Neffs Spring: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Hidden Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 9.1 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 10.6 mi
  • Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 11.0 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Ghost towns: 7
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 7.9 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 13.7 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Creekside Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (East)SE 132°3,453.4 m10.4 mi
Twin Peaks (West)SE 133°3,452.8 m10.3 mi
Sunrise PeakSE 131°3,436.6 m10.9 mi
North Thunder MountainSE 146°3,400 m12.7 mi
South Thunder MountainSSE 148°3,400 m13.2 mi
Monte CristoSE 125°3,393 m12.5 mi
Dromedary PeakSE 130°3,385.4 m11.0 mi
Lone PeakSSE 153°3,376 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5720:2121:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:2017:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313645516069787666534232

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City E Bench, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel302 obs
  • Mallard243 obs
  • Western Honey Bee164 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse121 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider120 obs
  • House Sparrow108 obs
  • common dandelion97 obs
  • House Finch86 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/637262770

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