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Vegetable Mining Operation Community Garden

Vegetable Mining Operation Community Garden from directly overhead

Vegetable Mining Operation Community Garden is a garden in Utah, at a modelled elevation of 1,296 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillsdale Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wasatch Community Gardens

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70196, -111.96717
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hillsdale Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fairbourne Station: 0.6 mi
  • Maple Meadows Park: 0.6 mi
  • Parkway Park: 0.6 mi
  • Westland Cove Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Redwood Road Micro-Training Farm: 1.8 mi
  • Brazilian Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Irish Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Vietnamese Garden: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The Bill and Fern England Plaza Olmeca: 1.9 mi
  • The Great Lord Hung Dao: 2.0 mi
  • Four Dancing Figures: 2.3 mi
  • Mastadon: 2.4 mi
  • Bruin Bear: 2.4 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
Springs
  • Salt Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Tabitha Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Wagner Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Mount Olympus Spring: 10.6 mi
Peaks
Museums: 59
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hidden Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Rocky Mouth Canyon Waterfall: 13.9 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 14.2 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 14.2 mi
  • Upper Bells Canyon Waterfall: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 8.0 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 14.5 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Saratoga Hot Springs: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Vegetable Mining Operation Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (East)ESE 120°3,453.4 m14.9 mi
Twin Peaks (West)ESE 120°3,452.8 m14.8 mi
Sunrise PeakESE 120°3,436.6 m15.5 mi
Dromedary PeakESE 119°3,385.4 m15.6 mi
Rocky Mouth Canyon PeakSE 136°3,137 m15.7 mi
Gobblers KnobE 98°3,115 m15.1 mi
Mount RaymondESE 102°3,108 m14.2 mi
Wilson PeakE 97°3,033 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5820:2221:03
September equinox07:1618:5119:27
December solstice07:4916:2117:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313746526272817968554232
Precip in1.41.31.82.21.80.90.50.61.11.31.31.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake City Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose105 obs
  • Mallard101 obs
  • California Gull72 obs
  • American Avocet55 obs
  • American White Pelican53 obs
  • American Coot50 obs
  • Brewer's Blackbird47 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant38 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1065044997

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