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Sheriff's Office Rose Garden

Sheriff's Office Rose Garden from directly overhead

Sheriff's Office Rose Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,797 m. Ely Hill stands 3,048 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hockey Stop Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jefferson County
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.73228, -105.20236

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hockey Stop Park: 0.7 mi
  • South Ridge Park: 0.7 mi
  • United States Marine Corps Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Dog Park: 0.8 mi
  • Westblade Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • North Sponsor Village: 2.1 mi
  • Colorado School of Mines "M": 2.2 mi
  • Vickery Hospitality: 2.2 mi
  • True Value Hospitality: 2.3 mi
  • Honnen Hospitality: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 51
  • First Class Zone/Food Court: 2.2 mi
  • Food Court: 2.2 mi
  • Food Court: 2.4 mi
  • Food Court: 2.4 mi
  • LOB19: 5.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Maxwell Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Lee Gulch: 15.0 mi
  • Elk Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 21.8 mi
  • The Chutes: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 5.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 16.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Sheriff's Office Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ely HillWNW 293°3,048 m12.6 mi
Mount PenceWSW 252°3,014 m12.5 mi
Snyder MountainWSW 251°2,996 m12.9 mi
Centralia MountainNW 307°2,982 m11.1 mi
Mount TomNW 306°2,969 m9.8 mi
Bergen PeakWSW 246°2,957 m11.2 mi
Douglas MountainWNW 292°2,927 m10.0 mi
Saddleback MountainW 265°2,906 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3419:5220:33
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1915:5716:40

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333441475667737162504032
Precip in0.60.81.32.42.62.12.01.91.41.10.80.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakewood, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Balkan toadflax105 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie90 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush86 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear83 obs
  • Wholeleaf Paintbrush78 obs
  • Great Plains yucca75 obs
  • common starlily67 obs
  • creeping mahonia61 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/633977439

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