Garden · Utah
Historic Sandy Community Garden
Historic Sandy Community Garden is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,372 m. Twin Peaks (west) stands 3,502 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bicentennial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Wasatch Community Gardens
How to reach it
Coordinates40.59051, -111.87766
- 5.0 mi off the Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Morgan-Parleys State Scenic Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Slide Canyon Viewpoint · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Bicentennial Park: 0.2 mi
- Scott Cowdell Park: 0.5 mi
- Pebble Glen Park: 0.5 mi
- Main Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Quarry Bend Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Look At Me: 1.0 mi
- Glaciated Mass: 1.0 mi
- Mountain Motion: 1.1 mi
- 16 Triangles: 1.1 mi
- Saint Joseph the Worker: 3.6 mi
Attractions
- Classic Fun Center: 1.1 mi
- Aquarium Fin/Wave: 4.1 mi
- EECO Voyager: 4.2 mi
- Crazy Corn Maze: 5.8 mi
- Fat Cats: 7.0 mi
Gardens
- Sandy City Hall: 1.6 mi
- Garden of Eatin': 2.0 mi
- Crosstowwer Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Liberty Landing Round about Garden: 6.1 mi
- Garden of Wheadon Community Garden: 6.2 mi
Peaks
- Flatiron Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Hounds Tooth: 5.9 mi
- Enniss Peak: 7.1 mi
- Rocky Mouth Canyon Peak: 7.1 mi
- Potato Hill: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
- Historic Fort Union: 2.3 mi
- Birthplace of South Jordan - White Fawn Flour Mill: 2.9 mi
- William C Roderick: 2.9 mi
- Jordan High 1938 Bus Memorial: 3.2 mi
- South Jordan War Memorial: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites
- Wheeler Farm: 3.1 mi
- Outdoor Eating at Cyprus Credit Union: 5.8 mi
- Site 1: 6.1 mi
- Site 2: 6.1 mi
- Dogwood Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
Springs
- Beaver Ponds Springs: 4.4 mi
- Beaver Ponds Springs: 4.4 mi
- Beaver Ponds Springs: 4.4 mi
- Beaver Ponds Springs: 4.4 mi
- Granite Spring: 4.8 mi
Museums: 45
- Sandy Museum: 0.5 mi
- Midvale Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Automotive Addiction: 2.2 mi
- Wheeler Farm House: 3.2 mi
- Gale Center: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 23
- Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 5.1 mi
- Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 6.0 mi
- Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 6.5 mi
- Ghost Falls: 7.2 mi
- Lisa Falls: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves: 11
- Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 2.0 mi
- Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 2.4 mi
- South Jordan City Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 3.0 mi
- South Jordan City Southeast Jordan River Wetland Mitigation Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
- Galena Soónkahni Preserve: 6.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
- Johnson: 3.6 mi
- Lark: 12.3 mi
- Bacchus: 12.5 mi
- Bingham Canyon: 13.5 mi
- Forest City: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 4
- Silver Sands Beach: 19.8 mi
- Vineyard Beach: 19.8 mi
- Vineyard Beach: 19.9 mi
- Sunset Beach: 20.4 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Storm Window Arch: 7.0 mi
- Industrial Arch: 15.0 mi
- Hole in the Rock.: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Rattlesnake Point: 12.8 mi
- Honeycomb Cliffs: 14.0 mi
- Ghost Falls: 22.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Saratoga Hot Springs: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Historic Sandy Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks (west) | ESE 103° | 3,501.8 m | 11.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks (east) | ESE 103° | 3,484.8 m | 12.2 mi |
| Geek Peak | ESE 105° | 3,471 m | 12.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks (East) | E 88° | 3,453.4 m | 8.2 mi |
| The Pfeifferhorn | ESE 114° | 3,453 m | 9.8 mi |
| Twin Peaks (West) | E 88° | 3,452.8 m | 8.1 mi |
| White Baldy | ESE 111° | 3,451 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sunrise Peak | E 90° | 3,436.6 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:21 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:21 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 36 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 70 | 79 | 77 | 68 | 54 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cottonwood Weir, 5 mi away.
- American Robin35 obs
- Garden Snail30 obs
- Western Honey Bee29 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider27 obs
- Cooper's Hawk26 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle25 obs
- European Firebug25 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel22 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1335313961
Day trips start here
- Sandy · 2 mi
- Draper · 5 mi
- Salt Lake City · 12 mi
- Lehi · 14 mi
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument · 14 mi
- American Fork · 15 mi
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