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Appalachian Roots Garden

Appalachian Roots Garden from directly overhead

Appalachian Roots Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 984 m. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the north-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Founders Mall, a artwork 0.2 miles away. US 421 Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2017
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Appalachian State University Office of University Sustainability

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.21598, -81.67705

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sanford Mall: 0.2 mi
  • Durham Park: 0.3 mi
  • Arborcrest Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Jimmy Smith Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Hebron Colony Falls: 5.3 mi
  • New Year's Creek Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Dutch Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Upper Glen Marie Falls: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 24
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 1.4 mi
  • Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 2.1 mi
  • Tweetsie Twister: 3.3 mi
  • F-80 Jet Planes: 3.3 mi
  • Round-Up: 3.4 mi
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 10
Gardens: 9
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 0.5 mi
  • Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 0.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Appalachian Roots Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainNNW 348°1,697 m8.1 mi
Rich MountainNNW 342°1,633 m7.0 mi
Pine Orchard KnobNNE 12°1,490 m8.1 mi
Harmon KnobNNW 342°1,466 m5.2 mi
Rittle KnobN 8°1,463 m7.4 mi
Rich MountainNW 310°1,455 m2.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 342°1,407 m4.0 mi
Grassy KnobNW 315°1,403 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441495865686761514135
Precip in4.43.64.85.55.55.65.15.65.74.74.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer360 obs
  • mile-a-minute weed342 obs
  • garlic mustard258 obs
  • white clover256 obs
  • Christmas fern220 obs
  • eastern white pine211 obs
  • ground-ivy199 obs
  • striped wintergreen186 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/992358549

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