Midtown Community Garden
Midtown Community Garden is a garden in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cope Street Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Seward Highway passes 0.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Yarducopia
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 1.0 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 1.8 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Westchester Lagoon Nature viewing platform · 1 mi
- Ship Creek Overlook · 2 mi
- Potter's Marsh · 10 mi
- Beluga Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cope Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Springer Park: 0.6 mi
- Loussac Park: 0.7 mi
- Minnesota Park: 0.7 mi
- Charles A Smith Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Near Point: 8.5 mi
- Snow Hawk Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Rusty Point: 9.1 mi
- Blueberry Knoll: 9.7 mi
- Nunaka Point: 9.8 mi
- Benny Benson Memorial: 0.6 mi
- James J. Delaney Memorial: 1.3 mi
- O’er Land and Sea a Beacon Bright: 1.3 mi
- Given…by the Great Land: 1.3 mi
- Anchorage Veteran's Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out: 1.3 mi
- Chanshtnu Indigenous Placename Marker: 1.3 mi
- "Transformation": 1.4 mi
- Focus on Statehood: 1.5 mi
- Raven: 1.6 mi
- Spenard Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- I Street Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Garden of Eatin': 1.1 mi
- Amen Acres: 1.1 mi
- Centennial Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
- Alaska Jewish Museum: 1.2 mi
- Anchorage Museum: 1.6 mi
- Alaska Law Enforcement Museum: 1.7 mi
- LumaLim: 1.7 mi
- Alaska Aviation Museum: 2.8 mi
- Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive: 1.3 mi
- Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: 1.7 mi
- Dall Sheep: 5.8 mi
- Potter Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- Indian Valley Mine: 18.9 mi
- Niagara Falls: 12.7 mi
- South Fork Falls: 15.3 mi
- Heritage Falls: 22.8 mi
- Thunder Bird Falls: 24.7 mi
- Lyn Ary Beach: 1.9 mi
- Beaver Beach: 18.1 mi
- Taku lake Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- Russian Jack Spring: 3.7 mi
- Goose Bay State Game Refuge: 13.3 mi
- Tortilla Chip Rock: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Midtown Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williwaw | ESE 116° | 1,660 m | 14.1 mi |
| Temptation Peak | E 99° | 1,641 m | 12.5 mi |
| East Tanaina Peak | ESE 109° | 1,633 m | 12.8 mi |
| West Tanaina Peak | ESE 109° | 1,605 m | 12.2 mi |
| The Ramp | ESE 122° | 1,597 m | 13.7 mi |
| Tikishla Peak | ESE 107° | 1,594 m | 11.8 mi |
| O'Malley Peak | ESE 122° | 1,570 m | 12.2 mi |
| Koktoya Peak | ESE 109° | 1,569 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:17 | 20:14 |
| June solstice | 04:21 | 22:16 | 23:43 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:05 | 20:02 |
| December solstice | 10:15 | — | 15:42 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 20 | 26 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 36 | 23 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage Merrill FLD, 2 mi away.
- Black-billed Magpie732 obs
- Moose631 obs
- Common Raven484 obs
- Short-billed Gull476 obs
- Mallard449 obs
- Red-necked Grebe423 obs
- Sandhill Crane398 obs
- Canada Goose358 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 way/1167455105
Day trips start here
- Anchorage · 2 mi
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