VBC Garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
VBC Garden is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,613 m. Marsh Peak stands 3,718 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Flaming Gorge-Uintas Scenic Byway, National
- On the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
- 27.5 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pullout · 13 mi
- Greendale Overlook Interpretive Site · 29 mi
- Greendale Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Creek Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lind Spring: 10.9 mi
- June Spring: 11.8 mi
- Middle Spring: 12.1 mi
- Beck Spring: 12.6 mi
- Buckskin Hills: 6.2 mi
- McCoy Knolls: 9.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Little Water Hills: 15.6 mi
- Cobble Rock Park: 0.5 mi
- Independence Park: 1.2 mi
- Freestone Legacy Park: 1.5 mi
- Ashley Valley Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Robinwood Lane Walking Park: 1.7 mi
- Rock Point: 3.7 mi
- Silvestre Overlook: 17.6 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 19.1 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 23.5 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 23.5 mi
- Moonshine arch: 7.1 mi
- Dinosaur Trackway: 10.0 mi
- Split Mountain Anticline: 11.5 mi
- Stump Formation: 11.5 mi
- Mowry Shale: 11.6 mi
- Veteran Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Rex: 1.3 mi
- Uintah "U": 4.7 mi
- Northern Ute Veterans Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum: 0.1 mi
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum: 1.1 mi
- Quarry Exhibit Hall: 11.4 mi
- Split Mountain Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Josie Morris Cabin Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Dinah The Pink Dinosaur: 0.4 mi
- Jensen Welcome Center: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of VBC Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Peak | NW 317° | 3,718 m | 24.1 mi |
| Sims Peak | NNW 328° | 3,141 m | 21.3 mi |
| Dyer Mountain | N 352° | 3,116 m | 19.7 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NNW 341° | 3,103 m | 19.5 mi |
| Ice Cave Peak | WNW 297° | 3,051 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mosby Mountain | WNW 297° | 3,051 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mount Lena | NNE 13° | 2,972 m | 23.6 mi |
| Limber Flag | NNE 12° | 2,895 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 27 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 49 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vernal Muni AP, under a mile away.
- showy milkweed8 obs
- European Starling7 obs
- Western Honey Bee7 obs
- European Mantis7 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee7 obs
- Mule Deer6 obs
- White-lined Sphinx6 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake5 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.
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