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Hawthorn Community Gardens

Hawthorn Community Gardens from directly overhead

Hawthorn Community Gardens is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,645 m. Blue Mountain stands 2,846 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fredrick Law Olmsted, Jr. Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Growing Gardens

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.03375, -105.27652

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fredrick Law Olmsted, Jr. Park: 0.2 mi
  • Salberg Center and Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pine View Park: 0.3 mi
  • Columbine Park: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Village Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Hearts on a swing: 1.1 mi
  • One-on-One: 1.2 mi
  • Geographic Center of Boulder: 1.3 mi
  • Boulder Six: 1.7 mi
  • John Garrey Tippit Memorial Sundial: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 56
Cliffs: 55
  • Raptor Nesting Site: 2.8 mi
  • Front Porch: 4.0 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.1 mi
  • The Amphitheatre: 6.3 mi
  • Bitty Buttress: 6.3 mi
Museums: 50
Gardens: 40
  • Zen Walking Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Goss Grove Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Fortune Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Barbeque: 3.0 mi
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Red Barn Group Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Boulder Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Copeland Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Lower Copeland Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 22.3 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Hawthorn Community Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainSSW 197°2,846 m11.3 mi
Burnt MountainWNW 286°2,820 m10.7 mi
Bald MountainW 267°2,782 m9.3 mi
Crescent MountainSSW 192°2,724 m9.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 266°2,709 m7.5 mi
Walker MountainWNW 303°2,682 m8.3 mi
Scar Top MountainSSW 197°2,675 m9.0 mi
Overland MountainNW 308°2,651 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343543495767737164524134
Precip in0.81.02.03.03.21.91.81.72.11.61.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel357 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie317 obs
  • Great Plains yucca303 obs
  • Mule Deer244 obs
  • House Finch229 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk214 obs
  • Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine200 obs
  • chicory190 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/66318225

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