Educational Garden
Educational Garden is a garden in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,089 m. Saint Joseph Peak stands 2,922 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is MPG Ranch, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Northwest Passage Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- MPG Ranch
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Garnet Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Baldy Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Davis Point: 4.5 mi
- Miller Peak: 8.4 mi
- Mormon Peak: 8.6 mi
- Threemile Point: 8.7 mi
- Travelers Rest Historical Marker: 5.5 mi
- Traveler's Rest State Park: 6.5 mi
- Avalon Meadows Park: 6.5 mi
- Lolo Peak Fields: 6.5 mi
- Capri Park: 6.7 mi
- Bitterroot Valley, Homeland of the Selíš: 5.7 mi
- Fort Owen State Park: 11.3 mi
- Fort Missoula: 12.0 mi
- Missoula Law Enforcement Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Missoula Fire Department Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Holt Heritage Museum: 6.8 mi
- Fort Owen State Park: 11.3 mi
- Historical Museum at Fort Missoula: 12.0 mi
- Stevensville Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Montana Museum of Art and Culture: 13.3 mi
- ASUM Garden: 11.7 mi
- Bitterroot Line Comunity Garden: 12.3 mi
- Garden City Harvest - Youth Farm: 12.4 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 13.1 mi
- Water Wise Garden: 13.4 mi
- Library Car: 12.0 mi
- “Galloping Goose” Crummy: 12.0 mi
- The M: 13.0 mi
- The L: 14.0 mi
- KettleHouse Amphitheater: 15.8 mi
- Grizzly Gate: 13.4 mi
- The Fishing Kids: 13.8 mi
- The X’s: 14.0 mi
- Captain John Mullan: 15.2 mi
- Colma Spring: 18.6 mi
- Lodgepole Spring: 23.2 mi
- Lolo Hot Spring: 24.9 mi
- MPG Ranch: 1.2 mi
- Rock Creek Confluence: 16.7 mi
- Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 9.0 mi
- Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 21.3 mi
- Blue Slide: 17.3 mi
- The Heap: 24.5 mi
- Hell Gate: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Educational Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph Peak | WSW 247° | 2,922 m | 12.4 mi |
| Saint Mary Peak | SW 224° | 2,841 m | 15.6 mi |
| Heavenly Twins | SW 231° | 2,832 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sweeney Peak | W 260° | 2,795 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lolo Peak | W 271° | 2,786 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pyramid Buttes | WSW 255° | 2,693 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bass Peak | WSW 246° | 2,670 m | 15.8 mi |
| Butte Cabin Ridge | SE 130° | 2,582 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:47 | 21:34 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:00 | 16:51 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stevensville, 12 mi away.
- Bitterroot47 obs
- Blue Grama46 obs
- Western Toad40 obs
- Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth40 obs
- Mule Deer38 obs
- Gopher Snake21 obs
- Mountain Cottontail21 obs
- Antelope Bitterbrush20 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 way/1326144707
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