Seward Community Garden by the Bay
Seward Community Garden by the Bay is a garden in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Andy Simons Mountain stands 1,893 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Kawabe Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Seward Highway passes 0.3 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 1.4 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 28.4 mi off the Sterling Highway
56 named places within 25 miles
- Race Point: 1.2 mi
- Marathon Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bear Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Mount Benson: 3.4 mi
- Phoenix Peak: 3.6 mi
- Founder's Monument: 0.3 mi
- Seward Mariners' Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Good Friday Earthquake Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Benny Benson Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Fort McGilvray: 8.1 mi
- Kawabe Park: 0.2 mi
- Evan Casey Skate Park: 0.4 mi
- Waterfront Park Playground: 0.4 mi
- Two Lakes Park: 0.9 mi
- Major Marine Tours: 1.2 mi
- Kenai Fjords Tours: 1.2 mi
- Mariah Tours: 1.2 mi
- Holgate Glacier Face: 22.5 mi
- Lowell Point State Recreation Site: 2.2 mi
- Caines Head State Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Sandspit Point State Marine Park: 12.1 mi
- Sunny Cove State Marine Park: 14.0 mi
- Jujiro Wada Iditarod Trail Pioneer: 0.2 mi
- William H Seward Bust: 0.2 mi
- North Beach: 6.5 mi
- South Beach: 7.9 mi
- Allen Cliffs: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seward Community Garden by the Bay. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Simons Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,893 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,881 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mt Ascension | N 350° | 1,740 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | NW 325° | 1,606 m | 23.5 mi |
| Madson Mountain | N 1° | 1,606 m | 24.5 mi |
| Phoenix Peak | WNW 295° | 1,565 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Adair | N 358° | 1,549 m | 17.7 mi |
| Saddle Horn | N 359° | 1,533 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:17 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 04:33 | 22:07 | 23:28 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:04 | 19:59 |
| December solstice | 10:02 | 13:40 | 15:52 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 28 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seward AP, 2 mi away.
- Bald Eagle297 obs
- Glaucous-winged Gull182 obs
- Black-legged Kittiwake138 obs
- Black-billed Magpie107 obs
- American Crow106 obs
- western skunk cabbage89 obs
- Harbor Seal86 obs
- Rockweed72 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/1485112143
Day trips start here
- Seward · 2 mi
- Kenai Fjords National Park · 23 mi
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