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Westerly Creek Butterfly Garden

Westerly Creek Butterfly Garden from directly overhead

Westerly Creek Butterfly Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,620 m. Doublehead Mountain stands 2,711 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Montview Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.74776, -104.88041

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Montview Park: 0.2 mi
  • Puddle Jumper Park: 0.4 mi
  • City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sail Park: 0.6 mi
  • Greenway Belt Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • WWI Medic Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Donor Memorial Amphitheatre: 2.3 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Rose Garden Plaza: 3.9 mi
  • community garden: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 3.3 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 4.3 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 6.6 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 6.7 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 9.1 mi
Peaks
Museums: 58
Picnic sites: 42
  • Good Times: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Table: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 13.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Westerly Creek Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doublehead MountainWSW 238°2,711 m24.0 mi
Grannys HeadWNW 283°2,686 m24.5 mi
Crow HillSW 232°2,638 m24.8 mi
Bear MountainWSW 249°2,630 m23.4 mi
High PeakSW 231°2,611 m24.1 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 294°2,594 m23.9 mi
Independence MountainWSW 250°2,539 m23.5 mi
Eldorado MountainWNW 298°2,537 m24.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3219:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • showy milkweed420 obs
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog124 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird105 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush100 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk97 obs
  • golden currant76 obs
  • Swainson's Hawk72 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider72 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/1357684814

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