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Retreat Communal Garden

Retreat Communal Garden from directly overhead

Retreat Communal Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,796 m. Riley Peak stands 2,854 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook Creek Park and Pool, a park 0.7 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

A garden with nine beds designed for planting small crops

Getting there

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Coordinates39.54766, -104.87622

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cook Creek Park and Pool: 0.7 mi
  • Sarah's Place Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sweetwater Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fairways at Lone Tree: 0.8 mi
  • Lincoln Commons Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Spread Your Wings: 1.1 mi
  • Eagle: 1.6 mi
  • End of Line: 2.0 mi
  • Puzzle: 3.7 mi
  • What happens on Earth stays on Earth: 3.9 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Clarke Farms: 4.7 mi
  • Clarke Farms: 4.7 mi
  • The Meadows: 4.8 mi
  • The Vista: 4.8 mi
  • The Ridge: 5.0 mi
Peaks
  • Highlands Point: 4.9 mi
  • Racoon Knob: 7.2 mi
  • Cherokee Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Cann Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 11.5 mi
Attractions
  • MTB Feature: 6.3 mi
  • Bike Jump: 6.7 mi
  • Pirates Cove Family Fun Aquatic Center: 8.6 mi
  • Wall of Healing: 11.5 mi
  • Ring of Remembrance: 11.5 mi
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 48
Nature reserves: 40
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lee Gulch: 6.9 mi
  • The Chutes: 19.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Retreat Communal Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riley PeakWSW 259°2,854 m22.0 mi
Berrian MountainW 271°2,785 m22.2 mi
Legault MountainW 267°2,757 m20.7 mi
Doublehead MountainW 273°2,711 m20.5 mi
Long Scraggy PeakSW 231°2,681 m22.4 mi
Crow HillW 265°2,638 m19.7 mi
Huebner PeakW 261°2,633 m18.9 mi
High PeakW 266°2,611 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:31
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1715:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323341475667737163503931
Precip in0.40.41.01.92.02.01.82.31.31.00.50.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver Centennial AP, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-tailed Hawk27 obs
  • American Robin24 obs
  • Western Terrestrial Garter Snake24 obs
  • Great Plains yucca24 obs
  • field bindweed22 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush21 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie20 obs
  • Canada Goose18 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/834354381

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