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Pollinator Garden

Pollinator Garden from directly overhead

Pollinator Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,738 m. Centralia Mountain stands 2,982 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Sleeping On Tree, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.73731, -105.16006

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Tanglewood Sports Park: 0.7 mi
  • Applewood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Welchester Tree Grant Park: 0.9 mi
  • Orchard Street Park: 1.0 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Colorado Amphitheater: 1.0 mi
  • Shopping Center Sign: 1.6 mi
  • United States Marine Corps Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Denver Federal Center: 2.3 mi
  • Mines Centennial Bellm: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • National Ice Core Lab: 2.2 mi
  • North Sponsor Village: 3.2 mi
  • Vickery Hospitality: 3.3 mi
  • True Value Hospitality: 3.3 mi
  • Honnen Hospitality: 3.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 51
  • First Class Zone/Food Court: 3.2 mi
  • Food Court: 3.2 mi
  • Food Court: 3.3 mi
  • Food Court: 3.3 mi
  • Whitetail: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Lee Gulch: 13.7 mi
  • Maxwell Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Elk Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 22.7 mi
  • The Chutes: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 6.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Pollinator Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Centralia MountainWNW 299°2,982 m12.8 mi
Mount TomWNW 298°2,969 m11.5 mi
Bergen PeakWSW 249°2,957 m13.4 mi
Douglas MountainWNW 287°2,927 m12.0 mi
Black Hawk MountainWNW 288°2,855 m14.1 mi
Blue MountainNW 316°2,846 m13.5 mi
Berrian MountainSSW 209°2,785 m14.4 mi
Crescent MountainNW 323°2,724 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2418:59
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333441475667737162504032
Precip in0.60.81.32.42.62.12.01.91.41.10.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakewood, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Plains Pricklypear66 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie64 obs
  • Balkan toadflax59 obs
  • Scarlet Globemallow59 obs
  • Great Plains yucca57 obs
  • Western Honey Bee51 obs
  • Northern Flicker50 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush48 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/1462567187

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