Japanese Gardens
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Japanese Gardens is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,680 m. La Garita Peak stands 4,178 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Turret Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Silver Thread Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Turret Peak: 1.1 mi
- Copper Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Trout Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Elk Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mine Hill: 3.5 mi
- Coller Wildlife Area: 7.3 mi
- Brown Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
- Seime Park: 12.0 mi
- Basham Park: 12.0 mi
- Silver Skate Park: 12.4 mi
- Phoenix Park Waterfall: 16.6 mi
- Treasure Falls: 17.5 mi
- South Clear Creek Falls: 19.8 mi
- North Clear Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Piedra Falls: 20.4 mi
- Rio Grande Palisades: 7.2 mi
- Overlook Cliff Rocks: 15.1 mi
- End of Trail Turn Around: 15.4 mi
- Wagon Wheel Gap Interpretive Site: 5.7 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Shaw Creek: 15.8 mi
- Columbine Pinic Ground: 9.8 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Ground: 11.0 mi
- Creede Fork: 11.6 mi
- Creede Underground Mining Museum: 12.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Japanese Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Garita Peak | N 359° | 4,178 m | 15.5 mi |
| South River Peak | SW 224° | 3,994 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mesa Mountain | NE 37° | 3,954 m | 18.2 mi |
| Fisher Mountain | WSW 246° | 3,916 m | 6.1 mi |
| Table Mountain | NW 320° | 3,915 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Hope | S 191° | 3,894 m | 10.6 mi |
| Unnamed | WSW 258° | 3,883.152 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bristol Head | WNW 300° | 3,875 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 17 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 58 | 51 | 40 | 27 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Creede WTP, 11 mi away.
- Canada Lynx2 obs
- littleleaf alumroot2 obs
- salt spring checkerbloom2 obs
- manyflowered gromwell2 obs
- Beardlip Penstemon2 obs
- owlsclaws1 obs
- bearberry1 obs
- field milkvetch1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12939068566
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