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Loveland Xeriscape Demonstration Garden

Loveland Xeriscape Demonstration Garden from directly overhead

Loveland Xeriscape Demonstration Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,515 m. Storm Mountain stands 3,015 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Loveland Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.39294, -105.07011

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunnyside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fairgrounds Park: 0.6 mi
  • Osborn Park: 0.7 mi
  • Westside Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dwayne Webster Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Kings Crossing Natural Area: 0.7 mi
  • Old Saint Louis Natural Area: 0.8 mi
  • Boise Bend Natural Area: 1.0 mi
  • River's Edge Natural Area: 1.2 mi
  • Willow Bend Natural Area: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Cherry Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Mariana Butte: 3.7 mi
  • Namaqua Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Twin Mounds: 4.8 mi
  • Flatiron Mountain: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 30
Cliffs: 26
  • Torture Chamber: 10.1 mi
  • Duncan's Ridge: 10.4 mi
  • Bootie Slab: 10.5 mi
  • Piano Ridge: 10.5 mi
  • Bolt Wall: 12.8 mi
Museums: 21
Gardens: 14
Attractions: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 2.0 mi
  • Heron Cove: 3.9 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Willows Landing: 4.2 mi
  • Carter Lake Swim Beach: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Horsetooth Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Fox Creek Falls: 23.6 mi
  • West Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 4
  • Nelson Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Loveland Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Storm MountainWNW 291°3,015 m17.8 mi
Kenny MountainWSW 249°2,830 m19.6 mi
Panorama PeakW 261°2,829 m18.1 mi
Crosier MountainW 278°2,809 m18.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 266°2,722 m16.5 mi
Boiler HillWNW 299°2,697 m19.3 mi
Pole HillW 266°2,647 m15.7 mi
Mount PisgahW 265°2,629 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3119:5420:35
September equinox06:4918:2318:59
December solstice07:2115:5416:38

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283140475566727062493729
Precip in0.50.61.32.22.71.61.51.31.41.20.80.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loveland 2N, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bluegill63 obs
  • Canada Goose50 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad44 obs
  • golden currant33 obs
  • Mallard32 obs
  • showy milkweed32 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush29 obs
  • box elder28 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/979737336

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