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The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden from directly overhead

The Rose Garden is a garden in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,380 m. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wa-Pai-Shone, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mount Rose Highway passes 9.1 miles off.

The Rose Garden was established in 1958 under the leadership of Fred Galloway and is now dedicated in his honor. Galloway was the City of Reno horticulturist for more than 25 years, retiring in 1983.

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Coordinates39.52138, -119.83399

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Wa-Pai-Shone: 0.0 mi
  • Art Indeed!: 0.8 mi
  • Sierra Memorial Art Space: 0.8 mi
  • Portal of Evolution: 0.9 mi
  • Locomotion: 1.1 mi
Parks
  • Idlewild Park: 0.1 mi
  • Truckee River Greenbelt: 0.5 mi
  • McKinley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Newlands Park: 0.6 mi
  • Riverside Drive Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Cross Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Huffaker Hills: 6.1 mi
  • Peavine Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Peavine Peak: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 33
  • Sensory Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Honor Court: 1.5 mi
  • Hettich Garden: 1.5 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 25
  • Sergeant George D. Sullivan Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Distinguised Nevadans Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Frank Zenklusen Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • F. Donald Tibbetts Memorial Plaza: 1.6 mi
  • The Basque Sheepherder Monument: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 19
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 17
  • Cold Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Mud Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Horse Spring: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 21.1 mi
  • Gazebo: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Jumbo Falls: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of The Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseSSW 200°3,285 m13.1 mi
Church PeakSSW 202°3,235 m12.6 mi
Mount HoughtonSSW 204°3,195 m14.1 mi
Relay PeakSSW 203°3,135 m15.5 mi
Snowflower MountainSSW 209°3,115 m11.0 mi
Tamarack PeakSSW 198°3,012 m14.8 mi
Slide MountainS 190°2,936 m14.7 mi
Rose Knob PeakSSW 203°2,932 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5020:31
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1715:5716:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147526069777567554436
Precip in1.31.00.80.40.60.40.20.20.20.50.61.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reno AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard352 obs
  • Canada Goose285 obs
  • Steller's Jay176 obs
  • American Robin175 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel145 obs
  • Western Honey Bee124 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron114 obs
  • Common Merganser113 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/376553134

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