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Rose Garden

Rose Garden from directly overhead

Rose Garden is a park in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,371 m. Twin Peaks (East) stands 3,453 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wasatch Elementary School Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 6.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1371 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.76885, -111.86002

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wasatch Elementary School Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Victory Park: 0.3 mi
  • Reservoir Park: 0.4 mi
  • Faultline Gardens Park: 0.5 mi
  • Presidents Circle: 0.5 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Attractions
Picnic sites
Peaks
Springs: 50
  • Wagner Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Emigration Tunnel Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Baskin Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Indian Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Enoch Spring: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Hidden Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Moss Ledge Waterfall: 12.1 mi
  • Donut Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Upper Lisa Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Lower Bells Canyon Waterfall: 15.1 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Ghost towns: 6
Natural arches: 3
  • Industrial Arch: 3.4 mi
  • Storm Window Arch: 18.6 mi
  • Hole in the Rock.: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin Peaks (East)SSE 149°3,453.4 m14.1 mi
Twin Peaks (West)SSE 149°3,452.8 m14.1 mi
Sunrise PeakSSE 148°3,436.6 m14.6 mi
Dromedary PeakSSE 146°3,385.4 m14.6 mi
Kesler PeakSE 135°3,170.8 m14.1 mi
Gobblers KnobSE 126°3,115 m11.5 mi
Mount RaymondSE 133°3,108 m11.2 mi
Wilson PeakESE 124°3,033 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:40
June solstice05:5720:2221:03
September equinox07:1618:5019:26
December solstice07:4916:2017:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343947536272817969564434
Precip in1.51.52.02.52.11.10.60.61.31.41.61.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salt Lake Triad CTR, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,280 obs
  • Western Honey Bee551 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug395 obs
  • Mule Deer392 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie317 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk298 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee267 obs
  • House Finch264 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 node/356679757

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