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Ogden Botanical Gardens

Ogden Botanical Gardens from directly overhead

Ogden Botanical Gardens is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,324 m. Willard Peak stands 2,976 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Asian Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Ogden River Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Utah State University
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.23518, -111.95330

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • MTC Learning Park: 0.0 mi
  • Lorin Farr Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pioneer Stadium: 0.4 mi
  • Big Dee Sports Park: 0.5 mi
  • West Stadium Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Malans Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Taylor Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Lewis Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Allen Peak: 4.2 mi
  • No Name Peak: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 41
Museums: 36
Springs: 36
  • Ogden Hot Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Wheeler Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Willow Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Bear Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Fisher Spring: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Fort Buenaventura: 2.4 mi
  • The W: 3.0 mi
  • Fat Cats: 8.7 mi
  • Tepanyaki: 9.9 mi
  • Classic Fun Center: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 10
Picnic sites: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Windsurfer Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Cemetery Point Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Anderson Cove Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Middle Inlet Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Pelican Beach: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
  • Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
  • Howard Slough Waterfowl Management Area: 12.8 mi
  • The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve: 14.3 mi
  • Legacy Nature Reserve: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Ogden Botanical Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Willard PeakN 354°2,976 m10.3 mi
Ben LomondN 358°2,960 m8.9 mi
Thurston PeakSSE 153°2,954 m11.8 mi
Mount OgdenESE 123°2,917 m4.4 mi
Francis PeakSSE 157°2,904 m15.2 mi
Snow Horse RidgeSSE 156°2,893 m13.1 mi
Allen PeakESE 121°2,885 m4.2 mi
James PeakNE 38°2,869 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5620:2321:05
September equinox07:1618:5019:27
December solstice07:5116:1817:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303444506070787767544131
Precip in2.51.92.32.52.61.50.60.71.52.11.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ogden Pioneer PH, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Black Widow37 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider33 obs
  • Antelopehorn Milkweed32 obs
  • Western Honey Bee31 obs
  • woad29 obs
  • European Firebug28 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear26 obs
  • Mallard23 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/964335181

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