Spenard Community Garden
Spenard Community Garden is a garden in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Minnesota Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Seward Highway passes 1.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Yarducopia
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 0.5 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 2.2 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Westchester Lagoon Nature viewing platform · 1 mi
- Ship Creek Overlook · 2 mi
- Potter's Marsh · 10 mi
- Beluga Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Minnesota Park: 0.2 mi
- Minnesota Park: 0.2 mi
- Cope Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Wilson Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Springer Park: 0.6 mi
- Near Point: 8.9 mi
- Rusty Point: 9.4 mi
- Snow Hawk Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Blueberry Knoll: 10.0 mi
- Nunaka Point: 10.3 mi
- Benny Benson Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Commemorative Plaque of Pope John Paul II Visit: 1.6 mi
- James J. Delaney Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 1.6 mi
- O’er Land and Sea a Beacon Bright: 1.6 mi
- Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out: 0.8 mi
- Fish Creek Tunnel Art: 1.1 mi
- Raven: 1.1 mi
- Chanshtnu Indigenous Placename Marker: 1.3 mi
- "Transformation": 1.3 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Amen Acres: 1.2 mi
- I Street Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Garden of Eatin': 1.4 mi
- Centennial Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
- Alaska Jewish Museum: 1.6 mi
- Anchorage Museum: 1.9 mi
- Alaska Law Enforcement Museum: 2.0 mi
- LumaLim: 2.1 mi
- Alaska Aviation Museum: 2.3 mi
- Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive: 1.7 mi
- Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: 2.0 mi
- Dall Sheep: 5.9 mi
- Potter Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- Indian Valley Mine: 19.0 mi
- Niagara Falls: 12.7 mi
- South Fork Falls: 15.8 mi
- Heritage Falls: 23.3 mi
- Lyn Ary Beach: 1.6 mi
- Beaver Beach: 18.6 mi
- Taku lake Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
- Russian Jack Spring: 4.3 mi
- Goose Bay State Game Refuge: 13.4 mi
- Tortilla Chip Rock: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Spenard Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williwaw | ESE 114° | 1,660 m | 14.4 mi |
| Temptation Peak | E 97° | 1,641 m | 13.0 mi |
| East Tanaina Peak | ESE 107° | 1,633 m | 13.3 mi |
| West Tanaina Peak | ESE 107° | 1,605 m | 12.6 mi |
| The Ramp | ESE 120° | 1,597 m | 14.0 mi |
| Tikishla Peak | ESE 105° | 1,594 m | 12.2 mi |
| O'Malley Peak | ESE 120° | 1,570 m | 12.5 mi |
| Koktoya Peak | ESE 108° | 1,569 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:17 | 20:14 |
| June solstice | 04:21 | 22:16 | 23:43 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:05 | 20:02 |
| December solstice | 10:15 | — | 15:42 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 25 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 24 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage LK Hood SEA Plane BA, 2 mi away.
- Black-billed Magpie636 obs
- Moose626 obs
- Common Raven463 obs
- Red-necked Grebe445 obs
- Short-billed Gull443 obs
- Mallard429 obs
- Sandhill Crane426 obs
- Canada Goose343 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/1342535905
Day trips start here
- Anchorage · 2 mi
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