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Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens from directly overhead

Botanical Gardens is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Chetco Peak stands 1,423 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Azalea Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Pacific Coast runs past it.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05530, -124.27399

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Harris Butte: 2.2 mi
  • Black Mound: 3.0 mi
  • Red Mound: 4.9 mi
  • Morton Butte: 5.4 mi
  • Palmer Butte: 5.5 mi
Parks: 19
  • Azalea Park: 0.2 mi
  • Stout park: 0.3 mi
  • Stout Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hillside Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sunshine Cove Park: 0.7 mi
Beaches: 10
Historic sites: 10
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Chetco Grange: 0.8 mi
  • Amphitheater: 1.9 mi
  • Japanese Bombing Site Trailhead: 8.0 mi
  • Boy Scout Tree: 20.2 mi
  • Stout Grove: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • White Rock: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fern Fall: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Botanical Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chetco PeakENE 72°1,422.502 m17.9 mi
Vulcan PeakENE 59°1,408 m17.2 mi
Big CraggiesNNE 29°1,382 m22.6 mi
Red MountainENE 63°1,320 m17.4 mi
Snow Camp MountainNNE 16°1,286 m20.7 mi
Collier ButteNNE 19°1,284 m22.7 mi
Jacoby ButteNNE 17°1,223 m21.8 mi
Fairview MountainNNE 12°1,210 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:30
June solstice05:4220:1520:57
September equinox07:0518:3919:16
December solstice07:4316:0416:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495050525559616060565250
Precip in13.19.910.06.73.91.90.50.51.86.010.013.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brookings, under a mile away.

  • Ochre Sea Star100 obs
  • Giant Green Anemone47 obs
  • Western Gull39 obs
  • twinberry honeysuckle39 obs
  • purple foxglove36 obs
  • Brown Pelican34 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab33 obs
  • Mule Deer30 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/551148063

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