Auburndale Rotary Butterfly Garden
Auburndale Rotary Butterfly Garden is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Iron Mountain stands 88 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Gate, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. THE RIDGE HWY passes 10 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the THE RIDGE HWY
Named places within 25 miles
- Auburndale Park: 0.1 mi
- Auburndale Park: 0.1 mi
- Auburndale City Park: 0.1 mi
- Lake blue park: 1.7 mi
- Westwood Park: 2.4 mi
- Mackay Gardens And Lakeside Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Twin Lakes Park: 4.7 mi
- Tenoroc Fish Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Marshall Hampton Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Tenoroc Public Use Area: 6.1 mi
- Cypress Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Imagination Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Flying School: 7.8 mi
- Ford Driving School: 7.8 mi
- NFPA Rescue Academy: 7.8 mi
- Butterfly Gate: 0.0 mi
- Mickey Pylon: 21.1 mi
- Woody: 22.8 mi
- Buzz Lightyear: 22.8 mi
- Sorcerer Mickey Mouse: 22.9 mi
- Auburndale Parks & Recreation Department: 0.1 mi
- Golden Hill Storage Facility: 7.3 mi
- Polk Museum: 9.8 mi
- Florida Southern College Planetarium: 9.9 mi
- Margaret Kampsen Historic Depot: 10.7 mi
- The Florida Pool: 7.6 mi
- Bok Tower Gardens: 15.7 mi
- Welcome to Polk County Citrus Center: 16.4 mi
- Welcome to Polk County Citrus Center: 19.5 mi
- Statue: 19.8 mi
- Lakeland Highlands: 10.5 mi
- Horseshoe Creek Hill: 15.6 mi
- Iron Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ridge: 18.5 mi
- Sand Mountain: 23.5 mi
- Lynn's Garden: 9.8 mi
- Hollis Gardens: 10.0 mi
- GEICO Topiary: 15.1 mi
- The Potato Heads: 24.6 mi
- Green Pond: 18.0 mi
- Brewster: 24.5 mi
- Rest Area: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Auburndale Rotary Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | SE 125° | 88 m | 15.8 mi |
| Lakeland Highlands | SW 228° | 81 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Everest | NNE 32° | 60 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Gushmore | NNE 33° | 57 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sand Mountain | S 183° | 39 m | 23.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Ridge | N 354° | 37 m | 18.5 mi |
| Horseshoe Creek Hill | ENE 65° | 32 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 19:53 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:54 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 17:02 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 62 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 79 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 70 | 65 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winter Haven Gilbert AP, 2 mi away.
- Monarch110 obs
- Brown Anole45 obs
- Tough Bully16 obs
- Peters's Rock Agama16 obs
- garberia15 obs
- Auburndale Scrub Scarab Beetle15 obs
- Blue Jay13 obs
- American holly13 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/913608791
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