- Elevation, modelled
- 982 m
- Tallest summit within 21.5 miles
- Sweeney Peak2,795 m · 18.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Garnet Back Country Byway24.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:35local time
- Coordinates
- 46.8609, -113.9836
Native Plant Garden is a garden in Montana, at a modelled 982 m. Sweeney Peak stands 2,795 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Oval, a park 0.1 miles away. Garnet Back Country Byway passes 25 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Native Plant Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeney Peak | SW 218° | 2,795 m | 18.5 mi |
| Lolo Peak | SW 224° | 2,786 m | 17.8 mi |
| Pyramid Buttes | SW 219° | 2,693 m | 20.7 mi |
| McLeod Peak | N 10° | 2,631 m | 16.4 mi |
| Murphy Peak | N 2° | 2,488 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mosquito Peak | N 11° | 2,444 m | 12.7 mi |
| Point Six | N 359° | 2,420 m | 12.4 mi |
| Stuart Peak | NNE 17° | 2,398 m | 10.5 mi |
- 24.6 mi off the Garnet Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- The Oval: 0.1 mi
- River Bowl: 0.4 mi
- Rankin Park: 0.4 mi
- Madison Park: 0.4 mi
- Toole Park: 0.5 mi
- Waterworks Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Sentinel: 1.1 mi
- Mount Jumbo: 1.8 mi
- Ginny Mountain: 2.6 mi
- University Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Grizzly Gate: 0.4 mi
- The X’s: 1.1 mi
- The Fishing Kids: 1.3 mi
- Captain John Mullan: 4.7 mi
- The Eight Stupas: 23.3 mi
- Grizzly Statue: 0.2 mi
- Roosevelt: 0.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Korean Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Capt. John Mullan: 1.0 mi
- Water Wise Garden: 0.7 mi
- ASUM Garden: 1.4 mi
- 2nd St Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Northside Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Milwaukee Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Montana Museum of Art and Culture: 0.3 mi
- Arts Missoula: 0.8 mi
- Missoula Art Museum: 0.9 mi
- E3 Convergance Gallery: 1.0 mi
- Montana Natural History Center / Five Valleys Land Trust: 1.3 mi
- The M: 0.4 mi
- The L: 1.1 mi
- Library Car: 4.0 mi
- “Galloping Goose” Crummy: 4.0 mi
- KettleHouse Amphitheater: 5.8 mi
- Fort Fizzle Historic Site: 11.9 mi
- Howard Creek Interpretative Site: 22.4 mi
- Grand Menard Picnic Site: 24.7 mi
- MPG Ranch: 11.9 mi
- Rock Creek Confluence: 17.6 mi
- Hell Gate: 5.1 mi
- Blue Slide: 7.8 mi
- Colma Spring: 19.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:09 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:47 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:55 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 15:59 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Missoula 2 NE, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer384 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel331 obs
- Northern Flicker204 obs
- chokecherry152 obs
- Mallard142 obs
- American Robin136 obs
- arrowleaf balsamroot136 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco133 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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