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Strauch Community Garden

Strauch Community Garden from directly overhead

Strauch Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Flagstaff Hill stands 432 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Strauch Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Sacramento
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.62297, -121.48196
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 50
Historic sites: 42
Attractions: 41
  • Sutter Health Park: 3.4 mi
  • The Little Engine That Could: 5.8 mi
  • Cinderella's Coach: 5.8 mi
  • Peter Rabbit and his Sisters: 5.8 mi
  • Jack and the Beanstalk: 5.8 mi
Museums: 40
Gardens: 31
  • Niños Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Natomas Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
  • International Garden of Many Colors: 1.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Community Garden: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves: 22
  • Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area: 8.5 mi
  • Roseville Reserve: 11.3 mi
  • Laurel Canyon Preserve: 12.1 mi
  • Mahany Nature Reserve: 12.5 mi
  • Coyote Creek Preserve: 12.7 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Whisky Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Col du Pennsylvania: 11.3 mi
  • Barney Mound: 12.3 mi
  • Horse Shoe Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Blisk Peak: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pooh Corner: 5.8 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 6.0 mi
  • Birthday Area 2: 6.0 mi
  • Birthday Area 1: 6.0 mi
  • Group community site: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Horse Shoe Hill Shore: 15.7 mi
  • Moot Rock Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Beer Can Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Turrtle Bend: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Leete Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Antelope Creek Falla: 18.5 mi
  • Pecker Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huff Mineral Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Wetland Preserve: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Strauch Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flagstaff HillENE 65°432 m23.7 mi
Shirttail PeakENE 61°363 m24.2 mi
Iron MountainENE 70°269 m23.3 mi
Carpenter HillE 85°253 m20.7 mi
SugarloafNE 51°218 m22.7 mi
Volcano HillENE 66°129 m16.8 mi
Thunder hillNE 44°129 m18.2 mi
Horse Shoe HillE 82°127.6 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4219:5520:35
September equinox06:5418:3019:05
December solstice07:2116:0716:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495357616874787774665549
Precip in3.93.62.81.40.90.20.00.00.10.91.83.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sacramento 5 ESE, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yellow-billed Magpie78 obs
  • Yellow Fever Mosquito76 obs
  • Indian Peafowl55 obs
  • Wild Turkey41 obs
  • Canada Goose34 obs
  • valley oak33 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel31 obs
  • blue elder31 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/1481632380

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