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Mesa County Libraries Discovery Garden

Mesa County Libraries Discovery Garden from directly overhead

Mesa County Libraries Discovery Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,401 m. Chalk Mountain stands 2,466 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Art on the Corner, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond passes 0.4 miles off.

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Coordinates39.07211, -108.56402

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Hawthorne Park: 0.1 mi
  • Gorilla Park: 0.3 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.4 mi
  • Whitman Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lilac Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Little Sister: 1.9 mi
  • Big Sister: 2.3 mi
  • Orchard Mesa: 3.7 mi
  • Riggs Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Franklin's Tower: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 55
Cliffs: 22
Attractions: 20
  • Devil's Kitchen: 5.1 mi
  • Liberty Cap: 5.7 mi
  • Tabeguache Trail Play Area: 6.9 mi
  • Mica mine: 7.4 mi
  • No Thorouhfare Canyon: 9.1 mi
Springs: 12
  • unknown pond feature: 9.3 mi
  • End Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Notch Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Thrailkill Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Museums: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Main Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Butterfly House: 1.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Dominguez Falls: 20.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Tower: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Mesa County Libraries Discovery Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chalk MountainENE 78°2,466 m19.3 mi
Corcoran PeakN 10°2,449 m16.7 mi
Reeder MesaE 101°2,443 m16.8 mi
Gibbler MountainS 172°2,325 m17.1 mi
Horse MesaS 169°2,294 m19.6 mi
Black RidgeW 267°2,173 m9.9 mi
Garfield MesaN 356°2,140 m19.0 mi
Round MountainNNE 28°2,076 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:26
June solstice05:4920:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3116:1316:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293647546374807769554130
Precip in0.80.60.91.11.30.60.91.01.51.30.80.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Junction WFO, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee56 obs
  • Mourning Dove43 obs
  • Garden Snail40 obs
  • Mallard37 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider36 obs
  • House Sparrow35 obs
  • Western Black Widow32 obs
  • European Paper Wasp25 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/231156789

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