Kitchen Garden (East)
Kitchen Garden (East) is a garden in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,479 m. Chevelon Butte stands 2,116 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kitchen Garden (South), a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
Kitchen Gardens are where the chefs can grow herbs and other edibles for The Turquoise Room restaurant.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Turquoise Room (La Posada Hotel)
- Access
- Permitted
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
62 named places within 25 miles
- Tucker Mesa: 7.9 mi
- Apache Butte: 15.5 mi
- East Sunset Mountain: 17.0 mi
- West Sunset Mountain: 17.1 mi
- Sunset Knoll: 17.2 mi
- Kitchen Garden (South): 0.0 mi
- Kitchen Garden (North): 0.0 mi
- Museum Garden (planned): 0.0 mi
- La Posada Gardens - Flagpole Lawn: 0.0 mi
- La Posada Gardens - South Lawn: 0.1 mi
- Standin' on the Corner Park: 0.3 mi
- Sacred Heart Park: 0.3 mi
- Winslow City Park: 0.5 mi
- Coopertown Park: 1.2 mi
- Homolovi State Park: 2.1 mi
- Bird Springs: 20.4 mi
- Joseph City Spring: 21.7 mi
- Westover Spring: 22.0 mi
- Salt Water Seep: 23.3 mi
- Blairs Spring: 24.2 mi
- St. Francis Statue: 0.1 mi
- Glenn Frey: 0.3 mi
- Winslow Arizona: 0.3 mi
- Jackrabbit: 15.4 mi
- Astronaut Statue: 18.6 mi
- Chevelon Canyon: 11.2 mi
- Bell Cow Canyon: 14.0 mi
- Relic Point: 14.1 mi
- Chimney Canyon: 15.5 mi
- Barringer crater rim: 18.6 mi
- Affeldt Mion Museum: 0.0 mi
- Old Trails Museum: 0.3 mi
- Homolovi State Park Visitor Center: 2.9 mi
- Meteor Crater Museum: 18.5 mi
- Little Painted Desert Country Park: 16.7 mi
- Rock Art Ranch: 16.7 mi
- Ellas Frontier Trading Post (ruins): 19.2 mi
- Two Guns: 23.4 mi
- Stone Turret: 0.1 mi
- The Corner: 0.3 mi
- The Old Fort Historical Monument: 21.6 mi
- Brigham City: 1.6 mi
- Sunset: 2.8 mi
- Obed: 22.2 mi
- Meteor Crater Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Meteor Crater Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kitchen Garden (East). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevelon Butte | SSW 201° | 2,116 m | 24.3 mi |
| East Sunset Mountain | SW 223° | 2,077 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mesita Knoll | SW 218° | 2,015 m | 18.8 mi |
| West Sunset Mountain | SW 234° | 2,012 m | 17.1 mi |
| Flat Top Butte | ENE 62° | 1,976 m | 24.2 mi |
| Sunset Knoll | WSW 242° | 1,966 m | 17.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | SW 220° | 1,855 m | 19.5 mi |
| Black Rock | ENE 71° | 1,767 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:48 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 57 | 45 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winslow AP, 2 mi away.
- Common Raven14 obs
- silverleaf nightshade13 obs
- House Sparrow12 obs
- Lesser Goldfinch11 obs
- House Finch10 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove8 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle8 obs
- Apache plume8 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/1448034975
Day trips start here
- Winslow · 1 mi
- Homolovi Ruins State Park · 4 mi
- Joseph City · 21 mi
Take the scenic way to Kitchen Garden (East).
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