Modern Victory Garden
Modern Victory Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,072 m. Lost Ranger Peak stands 3,641 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park Boardwalk, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Flat Tops Trail passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Colorado State University Extension
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Flat Tops Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Dunckley Pass Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Emerald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Howelsen Hill: 1.7 mi
- Storm Peak: 3.7 mi
- Sunshine Peak: 3.8 mi
- Mount Werner: 4.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.4 mi
- Fetcher Park: 0.5 mi
- Ski Town Park: 0.6 mi
- Miku Park: 0.7 mi
- River Creek Park: 0.7 mi
- Rotary Park Boardwalk: 0.3 mi
- Yampa River Botanic Park: 0.7 mi
- Yampa River Botanic Park: 0.8 mi
- Steamboat Gondola: 1.6 mi
- Fish Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Steamboat Art Museum: 1.9 mi
- Tread of Pioneers Museum: 1.9 mi
- Hayden Heritage Center: 23.3 mi
- River Run: 1.7 mi
- Steamboat Spirit: 1.8 mi
- Carl Howelson Statue: 1.8 mi
- Wheeler Memorial: 24.7 mi
- Fish Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Fish Creek Upper Falls: 3.7 mi
- Stehley Park: 1.9 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 2.2 mi
- Bear Park Permaculture Center: 2.3 mi
- Strawberry Park Hot Springs: 6.9 mi
- Stagecoach Swim Beach: 12.5 mi
- Dennis Hump: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Modern Victory Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Ranger Peak | NNE 26° | 3,641 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Ethel | NNE 30° | 3,625 m | 14.8 mi |
| The Dome | NNE 21° | 3,581 m | 16.6 mi |
| Horse Thief Peak | NNE 23° | 3,314 m | 11.5 mi |
| Soda Mountain | NE 41° | 3,295 m | 8.2 mi |
| Gore Mountain | SSE 153° | 3,237 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Werner | E 96° | 3,220 m | 4.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | NE 43° | 3,218 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 31 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Steamboat Springs, 2 mi away.
- Black-billed Magpie121 obs
- Moose67 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake50 obs
- American Black Bear48 obs
- Osprey43 obs
- quaking aspen35 obs
- scentless mayweed30 obs
- American Robin29 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/1507589673
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