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Garden Way Park

Garden Way Park from directly overhead

Garden Way Park is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 628 m. Mount Ashland stands 2,296 m to the south-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sherwood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
628 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.18157, -122.68705
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Ropers Bunion: 1.8 mi
  • Dunn Butte: 2.8 mi
  • Ostrich Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Panther Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Winburn Ridge: 3.8 mi
Attractions: 19
Historic sites: 17
Gardens: 11
  • Clay St Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Ashland Creek Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Helman Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Springs: 8
  • Sheep Camp Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Dutchman Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Latgawa Soda Springs: 16.0 mi
  • Yellowjacket Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Jenny Creek Spring: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Madrone: 1.7 mi
  • Madrone Ledge Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Roxy Ann Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Mirror Cove Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
  • E: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Captain Morgan: 13.5 mi
  • Jack Daniel: 13.5 mi
  • Rogue Gallery & Art Center: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Garden Way Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AshlandSSW 192°2,295.8 m7.1 mi
Dutchman PeakSW 228°2,260.702 m14.1 mi
Observation PeakSW 222°2,237 m15.3 mi
Wagner ButteSW 226°2,211 m6.2 mi
McDonald PeakSSW 207°2,202.5 m7.6 mi
Siskiyou PeakSSW 206°2,178.4 m9.2 mi
Big Red MountainSW 221°2,149 m11.9 mi
Split RockSSW 210°2,109 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4619:23
June solstice05:3520:0920:51
September equinox06:5918:3319:10
December solstice07:3715:5716:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394245495662696862524338
Precip in2.42.02.02.01.60.90.40.40.51.42.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mule Deer178 obs
  • California groundcone114 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue103 obs
  • Pacific madrone96 obs
  • Rose campion91 obs
  • Tolmie's pussy ears78 obs
  • Steller's Jay76 obs
  • Mallard72 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/486664947

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