Rain Garden
Rain Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,683 m. Legault Mountain stands 2,757 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Country Lane Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Aurora
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Denver Basin Overlook · 17 mi
- Arthur Lakes Lookout · 17 mi
- Front Range Overlook · 17 mi
- Jumbo Tron · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Country Lane Park: 0.1 mi
- Tsistsistas-Hinono'ei Park: 0.5 mi
- Havana Heights Pond Park: 0.7 mi
- Canterbury Park: 0.7 mi
- Welch Park: 0.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.3 mi
- Rose Garden Plaza: 0.7 mi
- community garden: 3.2 mi
- Aurora Demonstration Garden: 3.6 mi
- Westerly Creek Butterfly Garden: 4.3 mi
- Hoxovestave: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo (Bison): 0.5 mi
- Nature: 0.5 mi
- Obelisk: 0.7 mi
- Tween: 0.7 mi
- Babi Yar Memorial: 1.2 mi
- City of Chennai: 1.7 mi
- Lowry AFB Chapel 1 (Bldg 27): 3.0 mi
- Old Baseball Field: 3.4 mi
- City Center Park: 3.4 mi
- Boeing B-52B: 2.7 mi
- Bike Jump: 2.8 mi
- MTB Feature: 3.2 mi
- Denver Botanic Gardens: 5.7 mi
- The Edge (New Tiger Exhibit): 5.9 mi
- Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 3.7 mi
- Morrison Nature Center: 5.9 mi
- Park Hill Park: 6.8 mi
- Willow Springs Open Space: 7.3 mi
- The Grove at Commons Park: 8.7 mi
- Ruby Hill: 7.2 mi
- Inspiration Point: 12.2 mi
- Rebel Hill: 12.4 mi
- Highlands Point: 12.8 mi
- Mount Carbon: 14.3 mi
- Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum: 2.8 mi
- Mizel Museum: 3.0 mi
- Grant Family Education Center: 3.3 mi
- Aurora History Museum: 3.6 mi
- Eisenhower's Room: 4.5 mi
- Good Times: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 2.3 mi
- Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 3.3 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Beach (No Swim): 2.9 mi
- Swim Beach: 3.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 11.6 mi
- Boat Beach: 11.6 mi
- Scuba Beach: 12.4 mi
- Wildcat Point: 14.9 mi
- Shale Soil Creep: 17.4 mi
- Gothic Overlook: 18.3 mi
- The East Quarry: 18.7 mi
- Arapahoe: 17.5 mi
- Mount Vernon: 18.0 mi
- Dick: 24.2 mi
- Serene: 24.8 mi
- Lee Gulch: 9.8 mi
- Keyhole Rock: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Rain Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legault Mountain | WSW 244° | 2,757 m | 23.5 mi |
| Doublehead Mountain | WSW 248° | 2,711 m | 22.4 mi |
| Crow Hill | WSW 241° | 2,638 m | 22.8 mi |
| Huebner Peak | WSW 237° | 2,633 m | 22.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 259° | 2,630 m | 22.7 mi |
| High Peak | WSW 240° | 2,611 m | 22.0 mi |
| Independence Mountain | W 261° | 2,539 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | SW 235° | 2,524 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:56 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Creek DAM, 5 mi away.
- Mallard115 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk60 obs
- Black-billed Magpie54 obs
- Northern Flicker47 obs
- House Finch47 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron44 obs
- showy milkweed42 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird38 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/540124354
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