Cruse Community Garden
Cruse Community Garden is a garden in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,247 m. Three Brothers stands 2,604 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Holter Museum of Art, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Helena Commnity Gardens
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Women's Park: 0.2 mi
- Constitution Park: 0.2 mi
- Hill Park: 0.3 mi
- Wesleyan Park: 0.3 mi
- Kay McKenna Park: 0.3 mi
- Daisy Hill: 0.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 0.7 mi
- Meatloaf Hill: 0.9 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Helena: 1.4 mi
- Robert and Elizabeth Fisk House: 0.3 mi
- The Trolley: 0.4 mi
- First Gold Strike in Helena: 0.5 mi
- USS Helena: 0.5 mi
- Four Georgians Mine: 0.6 mi
- Holter Museum of Art: 0.0 mi
- Exploration Works: 0.4 mi
- Reeder's Alley Interpretive And Convention Center: 0.6 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 0.6 mi
- Montana Heritage Center: 1.0 mi
- Spring Gulch Water Source: 13.5 mi
- Pauly Springs: 18.4 mi
- Polly Spring: 20.5 mi
- Crazy Horse Spring: 21.5 mi
- Dana Spring: 22.4 mi
- "Extra! Extra!": 0.2 mi
- The Bullwhacker Statue: 0.3 mi
- Womens Mural: 0.3 mi
- The Prospectors Sculpture and Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Buffalo: 0.5 mi
- Exploration Works Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sundborn Garden: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 0.7 mi
- Sixth Ward Park Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Louisville: 11.6 mi
- Marysville: 16.7 mi
- Comet: 20.4 mi
- Elkhorn: 22.3 mi
- Great Northern Carousel: 0.4 mi
- Fish Hawk Day use Area: 15.4 mi
- Lorelei day use area: 15.8 mi
- Tenmile Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Lewis and Clark Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Lewis Clark picnic: 15.8 mi
- Black Sandy Beach: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Cruse Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Brothers | SW 218° | 2,604 m | 17.5 mi |
| Casey Peak | SE 137° | 2,588 m | 15.2 mi |
| High Peak | SE 142° | 2,585 m | 15.6 mi |
| Rocker Peak | SSW 212° | 2,577 m | 19.5 mi |
| Old Baldy Mountain | SW 223° | 2,498 m | 16.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | SW 225° | 2,482 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bullock Hill | SSE 157° | 2,413 m | 17.9 mi |
| Luttrell Peak | SW 227° | 2,354 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:01 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:39 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 15:53 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Helena AP Asos, 2 mi away.
- arrowleaf balsamroot53 obs
- Mule Deer48 obs
- prairie pasqueflower48 obs
- dotted gayfeather33 obs
- great blanketflower32 obs
- Balkan toadflax32 obs
- Black-billed Magpie32 obs
- musk thistle28 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4738528454
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