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Fitts Park Community Garden

Fitts Park Community Garden from directly overhead

Fitts Park Community Garden is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,299 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fitts Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 7.5 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Wasatch Community Gardens

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70427, -111.87944

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fitts Park: 0.1 mi
  • Central Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bickley Park: 0.8 mi
  • Scott Avenue Park: 0.9 mi
  • Whitlock Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Joe Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Carlisle Family Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Utah Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • The Chase Mill: 2.7 mi
  • Pioneer Home, Isaac Chase - Brigham Young: 2.9 mi
Attractions
  • Gospel Grace Church: 2.6 mi
  • Carousel: 2.8 mi
  • Fear Factory: 3.6 mi
  • Mercer Park Fountain: 4.0 mi
  • Arabian Sand Cat: 4.4 mi
Museums: 60
Peaks
Picnic sites
Springs: 58
  • Wagner Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Mount Olympus Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Neffs Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Neffs Spring: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Hidden Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 10.0 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 11.4 mi
  • Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 11.8 mi
  • Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 11.9 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Ghost towns: 6
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 7.2 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 14.4 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Fitts Park Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (East)SE 132°3,453.4 m11.3 mi
Twin Peaks (West)SE 133°3,452.8 m11.2 mi
Sunrise PeakSE 132°3,436.6 m11.8 mi
North Thunder MountainSE 145°3,400 m13.6 mi
South Thunder MountainSSE 147°3,400 m14.1 mi
Monte CristoSE 126°3,393 m13.4 mi
Dromedary PeakSE 130°3,385.4 m11.9 mi
Lone PeakSSE 152°3,376 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5720:2221:03
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.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel334 obs
  • Mallard281 obs
  • Western Honey Bee154 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider113 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse110 obs
  • House Sparrow105 obs
  • common dandelion95 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee91 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1335313960

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