Red Hills Desert Garden
Red Hills Desert Garden is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 921 m. Signal Peak stands 3,159 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Virgin River Fish Viewing Area, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Zion Park Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Washington County Water Conservation District
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Zion Park Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Park: 0.2 mi
- Temple Springs Nature Park: 0.4 mi
- Brooks Nature Park: 0.5 mi
- Vernon Worthen Park: 0.7 mi
- Town Square Park: 0.7 mi
- Sugarloaf: 0.3 mi
- Red Hills: 0.3 mi
- T-Bone Hill: 1.7 mi
- Black Knolls: 2.6 mi
- Webb Hill: 3.5 mi
- Miller Spring: 3.0 mi
- Adair Spring: 3.9 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 9.9 mi
- Camp Spring: 12.2 mi
- Virgin River Fish Viewing Area: 0.0 mi
- St. George Narrows: 0.2 mi
- The Corn Maize: 4.5 mi
- Staheli Farm: 4.6 mi
- Dinosaur Track Site: 4.9 mi
- Chuckwalla Wall: 2.5 mi
- Turtle Wall: 3.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 4.9 mi
- West Canyon Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Starvation Point: 11.3 mi
- Brigham Young Winter Home: 0.6 mi
- Encampment Mall Monument: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
- The Granery: 3.8 mi
- Adair Spring Monument: 3.9 mi
- McQuarrie Memorial Pioneer DUP Museum: 0.5 mi
- St. George Art Museum: 0.5 mi
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 0.5 mi
- St. George Childrens Museum: 0.7 mi
- Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm: 2.3 mi
- DIXIE: 0.3 mi
- Dad: 0.5 mi
- Family Tree: 2.6 mi
- "The Mustangs" Roundabout: 5.1 mi
- Eagle Freedom Monument: 6.8 mi
- Harrisburg: 11.8 mi
- Silver Reef: 14.9 mi
- Wolf Hole: 24.3 mi
- Duncan's Retreat: 24.8 mi
- The Garden: 2.8 mi
- Kayenta Desert Arboretum: 8.7 mi
- Lower Galoot Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Upper Galoot Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Toquerville Falls: 22.1 mi
- Toquerville Falls: 22.1 mi
- Santa Clara River Reserve: 6.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Red Hills Desert Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Peak | NNE 18° | 3,159 m | 14.9 mi |
| Burger Peak | NNE 15° | 3,130 m | 15.1 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | N 4° | 2,770 m | 17.1 mi |
| Trail Peak | NNE 23° | 2,525 m | 14.5 mi |
| West Mountain Peak | W 280° | 2,346 m | 17.3 mi |
| Grass Knoll | N 8° | 2,224 m | 12.3 mi |
| Red Knoll | N 5° | 2,129 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mahogany Knoll | N 5° | 2,112 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 71 | 80 | 87 | 85 | 77 | 63 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST George, 2 mi away.
- Common Side-blotched Lizard209 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard132 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard115 obs
- Plains Pricklypear107 obs
- Creosote Bush101 obs
- Sacred Datura84 obs
- Relict Hedgehog Cactus68 obs
- Western Whiptail62 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/329778540
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