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Elderberry Park

Elderberry Park from directly overhead

Elderberry Park is a park in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Cook Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Glenn Highway passes 1.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates61.21802, -149.90671

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Snow Hawk Mountain: 9.5 mi
  • Near Point: 9.5 mi
  • Rusty Point: 10.3 mi
  • Nunaka Point: 10.6 mi
  • Kanchee Peak: 10.9 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Captain Cook Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Captain Cook Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Commemorative Plaque of Pope John Paul II Visit: 0.3 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Reflections on the Great One: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 24
Gardens: 16
  • Centennial Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
  • I Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Amen Acres: 0.7 mi
  • Garden of Eatin': 0.7 mi
  • Fairview Gardens: 1.5 mi
Museums: 10
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Lyn Ary Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Beaver Beach: 18.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Russian Jack Spring: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Taku lake Picnic Site: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Elderberry Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilliwawESE 121°1,660 m15.3 mi
Temptation PeakESE 105°1,641 m13.3 mi
East Tanaina PeakESE 115°1,633 m13.9 mi
West Tanaina PeakESE 115°1,605 m13.2 mi
The RampSE 126°1,597 m15.0 mi
Tikishla PeakESE 113°1,594 m12.7 mi
O'Malley PeakSE 127°1,570 m13.5 mi
Koktoya PeakESE 115°1,569 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0119:1720:14
June solstice04:2122:1623:43
September equinox07:4519:0520:02
December solstice10:15—15:42

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F152026395058615950362318
Precip in0.50.70.50.30.61.01.72.53.01.60.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage Merrill FLD, 2 mi away.

  • Black-billed Magpie596 obs
  • Moose501 obs
  • Short-billed Gull462 obs
  • Mallard411 obs
  • Red-necked Grebe406 obs
  • Sandhill Crane405 obs
  • Common Raven363 obs
  • Arctic Tern345 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/83348729

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