- Elevation, modelled
- 1,847 m
- Tallest summit within 15.8 miles
- Pikes Peak4,302 m · 11.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Gold Belt Tour19.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:29local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8487, -104.8230
Palmer Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled 1,847 m. Pikes Peak stands 4,302 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmer Hall Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Gold Belt Tour passes 19 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Palmer Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | W 267° | 4,302 m | 11.9 mi |
| Little Pikes Peak | W 270° | 4,073 m | 12.7 mi |
| Devil's Playground | W 275° | 3,984 m | 13.4 mi |
| Sachett Mountain | W 260° | 3,837 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sentinel Point | W 268° | 3,814 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,780 m | 13.0 mi |
| Almagre Mountain | WSW 247° | 3,768 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Rosa | SW 226° | 3,507 m | 9.4 mi |
- 19.0 mi off the Gold Belt TourNational
Overlooks nearby
- Geologic Overlook · 25 mi
- The Valley Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Monument Valley Park: 0.3 mi
- Bristol Park: 0.7 mi
- Mid Shooks Run Park: 0.7 mi
- Boulder Crescent Park: 0.7 mi
- Acacia Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- Colorado Springs Trolleys: 1.3 mi
- Continuum — the Julie Penrose Fountain: 1.4 mi
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site: 3.1 mi
- Lyons Sandstone Quarry: 3.3 mi
- Garden of the Gods Visitor Center: 3.3 mi
Peaks
- Austin Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- The Mesa: 4.2 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 4.4 mi
- Bear Creek Peak: 4.7 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 42
- Langer Sundial: 0.1 mi
- Paul Best Victory Bell: 0.2 mi
- Train sculpture: 0.5 mi
- Alan’s Odd Duck: 0.8 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 33
Gardens: 31
- Palmer Hall Garden: 0.0 mi
- Palmer Garden: 0.0 mi
- Linnemann/Labyrinth Garden: 0.1 mi
- Tutt Science Xeriscape Garden: 0.1 mi
- Southwest Studies Native Plants Garden: 0.1 mi
Museums: 23
- American Numismatic & Money Museum: 0.2 mi
- McAllister House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum: 1.0 mi
- Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum: 1.3 mi
- U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- South Canyon: 3.2 mi
- Kinnickinnick: 3.4 mi
- Sentinel Point: 3.5 mi
- Council Grounds: 3.5 mi
- East Canyon: 3.6 mi
Springs: 11
- Tahama Spring: 0.6 mi
- Seven Minute Spring: 4.8 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 5.1 mi
- Navajo Spring: 5.2 mi
- Soda Spring: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Hill: 5.6 mi
- Weimer: 5.6 mi
- Hull: 5.6 mi
- Shorty: 5.6 mi
- Bridal Veil: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Mesa Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Promntory Point Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Mesa Wildlife Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Concrete Coyote: 2.0 mi
- Cheyenne Mountain State Park: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Dakota Hogback: 3.0 mi
- Point Sublime: 4.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.6 mi
- Windy Point: 10.9 mi
- Corral Bluffs: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Husted: 11.6 mi
- Franceville: 12.5 mi
- Lytle: 17.2 mi
- Gwillimsville: 17.6 mi
- Altman: 18.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colorado Springs Muni AP, 8 mi away.
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