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Tailholt Community Garden

Tailholt Community Garden from directly overhead

Tailholt Community Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,496 m. Sheep Mountain stands 2,576 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Spruce Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Cache la Poudre--North Park passes 12 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Severance
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.52117, -104.86120
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blue Spruce Park: 0.1 mi
  • Karen Suman Park: 0.3 mi
  • Severance Community Park: 0.8 mi
  • Village East Park: 2.7 mi
  • Northern Lights Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Riverbend Natural Area: 4.5 mi
  • Arapaho Bend Natural Area: 7.4 mi
  • Topminnow Natural Area: 8.0 mi
  • Soaring Vista Natural Area: 8.1 mi
  • Country Club West Natural Area: 8.8 mi
Artworks
  • Buffalo Statue: 5.9 mi
  • Taking Off: 6.4 mi
  • Poudre Trail Story Posts: 6.6 mi
  • Rocket: 7.3 mi
  • Hard Rock: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 25
  • Antelope Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Twin Mounds: 14.3 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 15.7 mi
  • Wildcat Mound: 16.0 mi
  • Namaqua Hill: 16.5 mi
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 13
Cliffs: 11
  • Torture Chamber: 14.5 mi
  • Bootie Slab: 14.8 mi
  • Piano Ridge: 14.8 mi
  • Duncan's Ridge: 14.9 mi
  • Bolt Wall: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Willows Landing: 10.7 mi
  • Mussel Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Heron Cove: 10.8 mi
  • Lake Loveland Swim beach: 14.2 mi
  • Dixon Reservoir Beach: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Blue Arena: 8.6 mi
  • Public Apple Trees (autumn harvest): 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Horsetooth Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Grouse Hollow Falls: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sheep MountainWSW 252°2,575.6 m24.8 mi
Palisade MountainWSW 257°2,507 m24.3 mi
Lampton RidgeW 268°2,424.4 m24.7 mi
Christ MountainW 280°2,406 m22.6 mi
Spruce MountainW 265°2,371 m23.2 mi
Stone MountainWSW 250°2,301 m23.9 mi
Horsetooth MountainW 274°2,197 m17.7 mi
Bald MountainWSW 242°2,162 m24.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3019:5320:34
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:2015:5316:36

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293241475767737062493729
Precip in0.40.41.12.02.51.81.61.31.41.20.70.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Collins 4 E, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rock Pigeon8 obs
  • American Goldfinch7 obs
  • Gopher Snake5 obs
  • Great Blue Heron4 obs
  • Mallard4 obs
  • Say's Phoebe4 obs
  • Black Swallowtail4 obs
  • Killdeer3 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/1413316820

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