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Franklin's Corner Community Garden

Franklin's Corner Community Garden from directly overhead

Franklin's Corner Community Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,115 m. Tumalo Mountain stands 2,370 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Cascade Lakes passes 4.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Bend

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.05561, -121.29342

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Juniper Park: 0.2 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 0.6 mi
  • Laurel Park: 0.7 mi
  • Goodrich Pasture Park: 0.7 mi
  • BLS Open Space: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • Pilot Butte: 0.6 mi
  • Overturf Butte: 2.3 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Tumalo Butte: 4.7 mi
  • Horse Butte: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 46
Cliffs: 25
Waterfalls: 22
Nature reserves: 20
Springs: 15
  • Bull Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Cold Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Jack Pine Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Kiwa Springs: 12.0 mi
  • Farewell Spring: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Bob the Bend Rock: 0.5 mi
  • 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 6.5 mi
  • Lava Lands Visitor Center: 10.6 mi
  • High Desert Activity Center: 13.5 mi
  • Redmond Caves Recreation Area: 14.5 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Terrence Hardington Foley: 0.6 mi
  • Peace Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Frank T. Johns: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Meadow Day Use Area: 6.1 mi
  • Bivouac tables: 22.4 mi
  • Upper Lone Pine Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
  • Greenwood Day Use Area: 23.3 mi
Museums: 3
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Paulina Hot Springs: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Franklin's Corner Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tumalo MountainW 259°2,370 m17.7 mi
Vista ButteWSW 254°2,017 m15.8 mi
Bearwallow ButteW 277°1,967 m12.9 mi
Kwinnum ButteS 172°1,964 m17.6 mi
Triangle HillWNW 284°1,950 m12.7 mi
Bosbosli ButteS 170°1,877 m15.6 mi
Kapka ButteWSW 250°1,877 m16.3 mi
Mokst ButteS 178°1,869 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:18
June solstice05:2320:0820:53
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3815:4316:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343540445258666659483932
Precip in1.41.00.70.81.00.70.40.40.30.61.32.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bend, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard129 obs
  • Canada Goose115 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay109 obs
  • Mule Deer97 obs
  • Giant Blazingstar89 obs
  • western juniper82 obs
  • House Sparrow80 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush78 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/262748529

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