Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Botanical Gardens at Asheville is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 632 m. Rocky Knob stands 1,433 m to the east-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Giving Tree Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.
A collection of various greenery that is found in North Carolina.
The story
Asheville Botanical Garden, formerly known as the Botanical Gardens at Asheville, is an independent non-profit botanical garden located on 10 acres at 151 W. T. Weaver Boulevard in Asheville, North Carolina. Dedicated to the study and promotion of the native plants and habitats of the Southern Appalachians, the garden is open daily with free admission for all. Funds to operate and maintain the garden come from membership and donations. Volunteers collaborate with a small paid staff, making this the "people's garden." The ABG was established by community leaders in 1961 on eroded, abandoned timberland. Cleanup and initial trail-building took place from 1962 to 1963, and planting started in 1964 following an overall design by Doan Ogden, a nationally known landscape architect. At that time more than 5,000 plants were transplanted into the garden from private lands (often rescue sites, which were about to be bulldozed) and national forests. Although the ABG is located on land belonging to the adjacent University of North Carolina at Asheville, the ABG operates independently and is overseen by a board of directors elected from and by the general membership of the Botanical Garden. Today the Garden includes more than 750 species of plants native to the southern Appalachian Mountains. It offers educational classes on botany, gardening, and related topics, held in the Visitor Center, which also features a gift shop.
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What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 11.1 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Highland Park: 0.4 mi
- Montford Park: 0.5 mi
- Geneva Maney Park: 0.7 mi
- Weaver Park: 0.8 mi
- Magnolia Park: 0.8 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Richmond Hill: 1.0 mi
- Beaucatcher Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Sunset Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Pleasant Knob: 2.0 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 5.2 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Cascades Falls: 12.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 13.1 mi
- Walker Falls: 15.5 mi
- Giving Tree Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Riverside Cemetery Marker: 0.7 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 0.9 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
- Anne Penland: 1.3 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 2.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Italian Garden: 5.2 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 1.3 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 1.4 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 1.5 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 1.5 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 1.4 mi
- Passage: 1.4 mi
- Deco Gecko: 1.5 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 1.7 mi
- rooster: 1.8 mi
- Ironland: 1.4 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 4.1 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 4.7 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 12.6 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 12.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 12.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 13.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 9.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 20.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 18.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 21.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 17.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Botanical Gardens at Asheville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knob | ENE 59° | 1,433 m | 7.8 mi |
| Richland Mountain | NE 54° | 1,429 m | 8.1 mi |
| Richland Knob | NE 54° | 1,429 m | 8.1 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | NE 50° | 1,322 m | 8.2 mi |
| High Swan | ENE 62° | 1,300 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rice Knob | NE 56° | 1,219 m | 5.3 mi |
| Big Cedar Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,159 m | 7.6 mi |
| Peach Knob | ENE 65° | 1,150 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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