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Hirschfeld Towers Community Garden

Hirschfeld Towers Community Garden from directly overhead

Hirschfeld Towers Community Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,604 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dailey Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Denver Housing Authority
Access
Customers only
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.71701, -104.99246

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Historic Baker Neighborhood Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Zen Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Mount Vernon Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Morey Middle School Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Washington Park Mount Vernon Garden: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Totem Pole: 0.6 mi
  • Wynken, Blynken and Nod Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Eugene Field Cottage: 1.6 mi
  • Sand Creek Interpretive Plaque: 1.6 mi
  • Space Shuttle Challenger Aspen Grove: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Denver Botanic Gardens: 2.0 mi
  • Easy Crane Games: 2.2 mi
  • Twister III Rollercoaster: 2.4 mi
  • Shipwreck Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Sea Dragon: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 45
  • Picnic Table: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 1.7 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 1.8 mi
  • Sanderson Gulch Picnic Tables: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 9.3 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 22.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 12.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Hirschfeld Towers Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomWNW 290°2,969 m20.3 mi
Berrian MountainSW 235°2,785 m19.5 mi
Legault MountainSW 229°2,757 m19.3 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 233°2,711 m17.8 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 293°2,686 m19.4 mi
Centennial ConeW 277°2,640 m19.6 mi
Crow HillSW 225°2,638 m18.9 mi
Huebner PeakSW 220°2,633 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:59
December solstice07:1815:5716:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353544505971777566534234
Precip in0.40.61.12.02.71.71.91.81.21.20.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel347 obs
  • Northern Flicker197 obs
  • Western Honey Bee185 obs
  • Japanese Beetle135 obs
  • Canada Goose129 obs
  • Mallard126 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider121 obs
  • tree-of-heaven116 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/1372058048

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