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Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center from directly overhead

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center is a museum in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 2,505 m. Mount of the Holy Cross stands 4,271 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rooftop Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Top of the Rockies passes 4.6 miles off.

About

The story

botanical garden in Vail, Colorado, USA

Wikidata Q4898817, matched on coordinates and name (97 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
2015
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.64030, -106.36683

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Vail Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Ptarmigan Point: 2.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Lionshead: 4.2 mi
  • Davos Peak: 4.7 mi
Parks: 43
  • Ford Park: 0.0 mi
  • Roger Staub Park: 0.3 mi
  • Parker's Green: 0.3 mi
  • Pirateship Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ted Kindel Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks: 37
Gardens: 26
  • Rooftop Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Alpine House: 0.0 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 0.0 mi
  • South African Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Dryland Montane Gardens: 0.1 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 16
Attractions: 15
  • Bridge Street: 0.4 mi
  • Imagination Station: 1.1 mi
  • Thunder Cat Cave: 1.8 mi
  • Forest Flyer: 1.8 mi
  • Holy Cross Adventure Course: 1.8 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • East Vail Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Booth Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Willow Creek falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Williams Fork: 21.0 mi
  • Meadows Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Radium Hot Springs: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Education Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount of the Holy CrossSSW 207°4,270.5 m13.5 mi
Mount JacksonSW 220°4,164 m14.0 mi
Mount PowellN 10°4,141 m8.4 mi
Mount SilverthorneE 84°4,072 m9.5 mi
East ThornE 85°4,065 m10.0 mi
Eagles NestN 5°4,057 m9.4 mi
Notch MountainSSW 204°4,030 m12.3 mi
Mount ValhallaE 80°4,017 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2416:0216:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182129374654595750402618
Precip in2.02.01.82.42.01.21.81.72.01.82.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vail, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/702003548

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