- Elevation, modelled
- 1,640 m
- Tallest summit within 21.6 miles
- Berrian Mountain2,785 m · 21.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway12.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 39.7327, -104.9593
Mordecai Children's Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled 1,640 m. Berrian Mountain stands 2,785 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sensory Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Mordecai Children's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrian Mountain | SW 235° | 2,785 m | 21.6 mi |
| Legault Mountain | SW 230° | 2,757 m | 21.3 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | SW 234° | 2,711 m | 19.9 mi |
| Grannys Head | WNW 288° | 2,686 m | 20.7 mi |
| Centennial Cone | W 274° | 2,640 m | 21.3 mi |
| Crow Hill | SW 227° | 2,638 m | 20.9 mi |
| Huebner Peak | SW 222° | 2,633 m | 21.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,630 m | 19.1 mi |
- 12.5 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic BywayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Jumbo Tron · 13 mi
- Denver Basin Overlook · 13 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 13 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sensory Garden: 0.0 mi
- Romantic Gardens: 0.1 mi
- The Ellipse: 0.1 mi
- Steppe Garden: 0.1 mi
- Ornamental Grasses Garden: 0.2 mi
- Denver Botanic Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Nurture Trail: 1.1 mi
- Clayton F. Freiheit Elephant House: 1.1 mi
- Lorikeet Adventure: 1.2 mi
- Birds: 1.2 mi
- Colorado: 0.1 mi
- The boy and the frog: 0.1 mi
- Medallions: 0.1 mi
- Reflections: 0.2 mi
- So Proud of My Children: 0.2 mi
- Congress Park: 0.2 mi
- Cheesman Park Esplanade: 0.4 mi
- Cheesman Park: 0.5 mi
- Cheryl Washington Playground: 0.5 mi
- City Park Esplanade: 0.6 mi
- Dennis Sullivan Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Living the dream: 0.9 mi
- Slavery: 0.9 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Justice: 1.0 mi
- Park Hill Park: 3.0 mi
- The Grove at Commons Park: 3.0 mi
- Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 6.2 mi
- Morrison Nature Center: 8.6 mi
- Niver Creek Open Space: 9.0 mi
- Ruby Hill: 4.2 mi
- Inspiration Point: 6.5 mi
- Rebel Hill: 10.9 mi
- Mount Carbon: 11.0 mi
- Green Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Picnic Table: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 2.3 mi
- Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 3.1 mi
- Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 3.1 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 8.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 8.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 14.7 mi
- Swim Beach: 17.3 mi
- Boat Beach: 17.3 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 12.7 mi
- The East Quarry: 13.3 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 16.2 mi
- Wildcat Point: 18.0 mi
- Front Porch: 24.3 mi
- Arapahoe: 12.0 mi
- Mount Vernon: 13.6 mi
- Serene: 20.5 mi
- Dick: 20.7 mi
- Lee Gulch: 10.5 mi
- Maxwell Falls: 25.0 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 14.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 35 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Water Dept, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel574 obs
- Western Honey Bee493 obs
- Mallard300 obs
- Great Spreadwing299 obs
- Japanese Beetle277 obs
- Black-billed Magpie211 obs
- Canada Goose183 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider176 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Arvada · 8 mi
- Golden · 14 mi
- Boulder · 26 mi
- Idaho Springs · 29 mi
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