Penstemon Garden
Penstemon Garden is a garden in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 2,187 m. Pole Mountain stands 2,751 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is T-Rex, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Snowy Range Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Snowy Range Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- The Spur: 6.1 mi
- Pilot Hill: 6.8 mi
- Red Hill: 7.4 mi
- Crow Benchmark: 9.3 mi
- Peggy Rock: 9.4 mi
- Prexy's Pasture: 0.2 mi
- Harbon Park: 0.4 mi
- LaBonte Park: 0.5 mi
- Fraternity Mall: 0.5 mi
- Fraternity Mall: 0.6 mi
- T-Rex: 0.1 mi
- Benjamin Franklin: 0.2 mi
- The University Family: 0.2 mi
- Tommy Thompson: 0.2 mi
- A Deep Seat and a Long Rein: 0.5 mi
- The Dark Side: 7.4 mi
- Rat Brain: Fantasia Wall: 14.1 mi
- Skull Rock: 14.1 mi
- Walt's Wall: 15.1 mi
- The Coke Bottle: 15.1 mi
- Matthew Shepard Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Fort Sanders Guardhouse: 3.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument: 9.4 mi
- Ames Monument: 16.0 mi
- Laramie Plains Museum: 0.3 mi
- Laramie Historic Railroad Depot and Museum: 0.7 mi
- Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site: 1.4 mi
- Pope Springs: 4.1 mi
- Soldier Spring: 4.9 mi
- Simpson Springs: 6.9 mi
- "W" Marker: 1.2 mi
- Tree Rock: 17.6 mi
- Sherman Summit: 9.4 mi
- Hecla: 24.0 mi
- Blair Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Penstemon Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pole Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,751 m | 11.6 mi |
| Leg Benchmark | ESE 120° | 2,749 m | 11.3 mi |
| Crow Benchmark | SE 127° | 2,708 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,703 m | 23.3 mi |
| Pilot Hill | E 92° | 2,691 m | 6.8 mi |
| Point Crawford | SE 126° | 2,673 m | 12.2 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 128° | 2,651 m | 14.1 mi |
| Twin Mountain | SE 126° | 2,632 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 61 | 53 | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laramie 2 NW, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel118 obs
- American Crow106 obs
- Western Tiger Salamander90 obs
- Hunt's Bumble Bee80 obs
- Mallard63 obs
- Mule Deer53 obs
- House Sparrow50 obs
- Pronghorn49 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/483751933
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