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Gathering Garden

Gathering Garden from directly overhead

Gathering Garden is a garden in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 652 m. South Chilco Mountain stands 1,724 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is North Idaho Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Lake Coeur D'Alene Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Kootenai Environmental Alliance
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.68020, -116.79489

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Coeur d'Alene City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Blackwell Island Recreation Site: 0.6 mi
  • Winton Park: 0.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • G.O. Phippeny Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 11
  • Cougar Bay Dozer: 1.8 mi
  • Skate Plaza Roller Rink: 3.0 mi
  • Triple Play Family Fun Park: 5.3 mi
  • Higgens Point: 6.4 mi
  • Abandoned Car: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Beaches: 7
  • North Idaho Beach: 0.4 mi
  • City Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Sanders Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Sanders Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Silver Beach: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 6
Museums: 5
  • Museum of North Idaho: 0.5 mi
  • Bird Aviation Museum & Invention Center: 6.3 mi
  • Post Falls Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Westwood Historical Society: 10.2 mi
  • Spokane Valley Heritage Museum: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 5
Historic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 3.8 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 2
  • Mirabeau Springs: 20.0 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Gathering Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Chilco MountainNE 41°1,724 m17.4 mi
Skitwish PeakE 84°1,629 m14.5 mi
Mica PeakWSW 246°1,598 m9.9 mi
Mica PeakWSW 241°1,586 m15.3 mi
Monument MountainE 79°1,553 m16.7 mi
Spades MountainNE 53°1,529 m13.2 mi
Rathdrum MountainNNW 332°1,522 m13.1 mi
Copper MountainE 99°1,518 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:1919:00
June solstice04:5020:0120:50
September equinox06:3518:0618:47
December solstice07:3415:0515:58

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313440465562707061493831
Precip in3.22.12.71.92.12.20.70.80.82.03.33.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coeur D'alene, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ring-billed Gull171 obs
  • Mallard127 obs
  • grasswidow74 obs
  • Canada Goose73 obs
  • Glacier Lily56 obs
  • California Gull55 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine54 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot48 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 way/995748183

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