Rain Garden
Rain Garden is a garden in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Thunder Bird Peak stands 2,008 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Where the Matanuska RIver Flows, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Glenn Highway passes 1.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
- 2.0 mi off the Alaska Railroad
Overlooks nearby
- Gorge Viewing Deck · 10 mi
- Thunderbird Scenic Viewpoint · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bodenburg Butte: 6.5 mi
- Burnt Butte: 8.8 mi
- Mount POW/MIA: 9.3 mi
- Lazy Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Goat Rock: 9.6 mi
- Matanuska Lakes State Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Central Park: 1.8 mi
- Equestrian Acres Community Park: 2.8 mi
- Wilson Park: 3.6 mi
- McKechnie Park: 3.9 mi
- Musk Ox Farm: 5.4 mi
- Reindeer Farm: 6.4 mi
- Eklutna Historical Park: 9.1 mi
- Gateway Scenic Overlook: 9.1 mi
- Gateway Scenic Overlook: 9.2 mi
- Where the Matanuska RIver Flows: 0.0 mi
- Harkening Spirit: 0.1 mi
- Resurrection Koru: 0.1 mi
- Bear statue: 4.0 mi
- Bear: 5.3 mi
- Palmer Museum of History & Art: 4.4 mi
- Old Houses of Wasilla: 6.6 mi
- Wasilla Museum & Visitors Center: 6.7 mi
- Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Museum: 8.0 mi
- Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry: 10.1 mi
- Red Barn: 7.5 mi
- Curtis D. Menard Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Gold Star Peak: 9.3 mi
- Sutton Coal Wash Plant: 15.0 mi
- Bruce Aaron Roberts: 17.4 mi
- Millie's Garden: 3.4 mi
- Perennial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Eckert Garden: 3.5 mi
- The Gathering Place: 3.7 mi
- Honor Garden: 7.0 mi
- Thunder Bird Falls: 10.2 mi
- Eska Falls: 17.9 mi
- South Fork Falls: 21.7 mi
- Crevasse-Moraine Pavillion: 1.8 mi
- Hatcher Pass Public Use Area: 15.0 mi
- Goodhope Towers: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Rain Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Bird Peak | SSE 164° | 2,008 m | 18.9 mi |
| Pioneer Peak | SE 136° | 1,950 m | 9.9 mi |
| South Pioneer Peak | SE 137° | 1,920 m | 10.3 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NE 37° | 1,914 m | 19.0 mi |
| Higher Spire | N 6° | 1,870 m | 18.9 mi |
| Lower Tower | N 5° | 1,868 m | 18.6 mi |
| Matanuska Peak | E 81° | 1,860 m | 11.8 mi |
| Didilkama | N 2° | 1,859 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:59 | 19:14 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 04:13 | 22:16 | 23:46 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:01 | 19:59 |
| December solstice | 10:17 | — | 15:35 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 20 | 25 | 38 | 48 | 56 | 59 | 57 | 48 | 35 | 22 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Matanuska EXP Farm, 1 mi away.
- tufted vetch13 obs
- Rainbow Trout12 obs
- Coho Salmon12 obs
- squashberry12 obs
- fireweed8 obs
- Devil's Club7 obs
- Arctic Char7 obs
- Sandhill Crane7 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.
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