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Elmhurst-Med Center Community Garden

Elmhurst-Med Center Community Garden from directly overhead

Elmhurst-Med Center Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Flagstaff Hill stands 432 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sierra Vista Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Sacramento
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.55319, -121.44778
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sierra Vista Park: 0.2 mi
  • Coloma Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.5 mi
  • Greenfair Park: 0.6 mi
  • Oak Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 50
  • Assumption of Mary: 1.0 mi
  • Saint Peter: 1.0 mi
  • The Ten Commandments: 1.0 mi
  • The Crussifiction: 1.0 mi
  • Oaxaca: 1.7 mi
Museums: 43
Historic sites: 42
Attractions: 41
  • Sacramento Adventure Playground: 2.7 mi
  • Little Saigon: 2.7 mi
  • Three Little Pigs: 3.0 mi
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff: 3.0 mi
  • Mother Goose Stage: 3.0 mi
Gardens: 31
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 15
  • Whisky Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Col du Pennsylvania: 11.1 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 15.4 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 16.1 mi
  • Nedbelle Peak: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Pooh Corner: 3.0 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 3.1 mi
  • Birthday Area 2: 3.2 mi
  • Birthday Area 1: 3.2 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 15.5 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Beer Can Beach: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Leete Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 20.9 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 22.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elmhurst-Med Center Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flagstaff HillNE 53°432 m24.6 mi
Iron MountainENE 57°269 m23.8 mi
Carpenter HillENE 70°253 m19.9 mi
SugarloafNE 40°218 m24.7 mi
Volcano HillNE 49°129 m17.8 mi
Thunder hillNNE 32°129 m20.9 mi
Horse Shoe HillENE 63°127.6 m15.4 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 27°118 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4319:5420:34
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2116:0716:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495357616874787774665549
Precip in3.93.62.81.40.90.20.00.00.10.91.83.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento 5 ESE, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Horse-fly Carpenter Bee1,592 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird1,205 obs
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird870 obs
  • Valley Carpenter Bee621 obs
  • Bushtit523 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider387 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco368 obs
  • Oak Titmouse352 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11904599480

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