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Memorial Rose Garden

Memorial Rose Garden from directly overhead

Memorial Rose Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Carpenter Hill stands 253 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Argonaut Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Memorial dedicated to the victims of the 1972 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident.

The record

What the record says

Built
2003-03-15
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.52133, -121.49888
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Argonaut Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sutterville School Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mangan Park: 0.5 mi
  • Cooledge Park: 0.6 mi
  • Birney School Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 50
  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: 1.6 mi
  • Tanglewood forest: 1.7 mi
  • The Ten Commandments: 3.3 mi
  • Saint Peter: 3.3 mi
  • The Crussifiction: 3.4 mi
Museums: 42
Attractions: 41
  • Giraffe Viewing Deck: 1.2 mi
  • Conservation Carousel: 1.2 mi
  • Old Woman in the Shoe Slide: 1.2 mi
  • Fairytale Town Box Office: 1.2 mi
  • The Tipi: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 40
Gardens: 31
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 10
  • Whisky Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Col du Pennsylvania: 14.6 mi
  • Barney Mound: 18.7 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 18.8 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Birthday Area 1: 1.1 mi
  • Birthday Area 2: 1.1 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 1.1 mi
  • Pooh Corner: 1.3 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 3
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 18.9 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Leete Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 24.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Memorial Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carpenter HillENE 68°253 m23.3 mi
Volcano HillNE 49°129 m21.4 mi
Thunder hillNE 34°129 m24.2 mi
Horse Shoe HillENE 60°127.6 m18.8 mi
Monument HillWNW 299°48 m22.3 mi
Whisky HillNE 43°10 m1.9 mi
Barney MoundNNW 347°10 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4319:5520:34
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
December solstice07:2116:0716:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155606672767573655447
Precip in3.73.52.71.30.80.20.00.00.10.91.73.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento AP Asos, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard145 obs
  • Wood Duck132 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel129 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel83 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird75 obs
  • Canada Goose70 obs
  • American Crow70 obs
  • Arizona Mantis63 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/760101300

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