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WWI Medic Memorial Garden

WWI Medic Memorial Garden from directly overhead

WWI Medic Memorial Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,637 m. Genesee Mountain stands 2,523 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is WWI Medic Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 19 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates39.74742, -104.83759

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • World War 1 Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Fitzsimmons Central Green: 0.1 mi
  • Bioscience Park: 0.2 mi
  • Boettcher Commons: 0.2 mi
  • Food Truck Park: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Plume Portal: 0.2 mi
  • Corpus Callosum (West End/Ball): 0.2 mi
  • Corpus Callosum (East End/Ball): 0.2 mi
  • Opening Doors (3 sculptures): 0.3 mi
  • Three Arrowhead Sculpture: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Morrison Nature Center: 2.0 mi
  • Park Hill Park: 5.4 mi
  • Native Grasses Restoration Study Area: 5.5 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 9.0 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 11.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 56
Peaks: 44
  • Ruby Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 12.1 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Mount Carbon: 17.3 mi
  • Highlands Point: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Good Times: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 6.7 mi
  • Smoky Hill Group Picnic Site: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 14.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Genesee MountainW 263°2,523 m24.4 mi
Lone PeakWSW 247°2,518 m24.7 mi
Warren PeakSW 225°2,429 m23.6 mi
Mount MorrisonWSW 255°2,401 m21.0 mi
Tin CupWSW 241°2,394 m22.1 mi
Mount FalconWSW 249°2,390 m22.4 mi
Mount LindoWSW 244°2,378 m22.0 mi
Goat MountainSW 223°2,373 m24.1 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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog139 obs
  • showy milkweed111 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush79 obs
  • Canada Goose72 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird72 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk68 obs
  • Mallard66 obs
  • Snowy Egret63 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/1346822107

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