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Brian Wesley Moores Native Plant Garden

Brian Wesley Moores Native Plant Garden from directly overhead

Brian Wesley Moores Native Plant Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ashland Railside Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates37.76621, -77.47655

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ashland Railside Park: 0.2 mi
  • Berkleytown Heritage Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ashland Historic District: 0.6 mi
  • Pufferbelly Park: 0.6 mi
  • South Taylor Street Park: 1.0 mi
Attractions
  • Sand Dume Lagoon: 5.0 mi
  • Lighthouse Landing: 5.0 mi
  • Zoom Flume: 5.1 mi
  • Pipeline Peak: 5.1 mi
  • Grizzly: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • See Richmond By Rail: 10.3 mi
  • Lakeside: 10.5 mi
  • Spirited Art: 10.6 mi
  • David: 10.7 mi
  • Happy Children: 13.6 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Demonstration Crops: 6.4 mi
  • Historic Vegetable Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Learning & Therapy Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Lucy Payne Minor Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Margaret Streb Conifer Garden: 9.9 mi
Museums: 30
Springs: 11
  • Young's Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Youngs Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Byrd Park Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Dogwood Dell Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Tuckahoe Spring: 16.7 mi
Peaks: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Ladysmith Safety Rest Area North: 14.8 mi
  • Ladysmith Safety Rest Area south: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brian Wesley Moores Native Plant Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sabot HillWSW 237°92 m18.3 mi
Green Bottle HillNW 316°85 m23.7 mi
Shooters HillSW 214°69 m16.0 mi
Sliding HillSSE 161°63 m5.6 mi
Gambles HillS 174°44 m15.9 mi
Turkey HillSE 142°43 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:09
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586673777669584840
Precip in3.32.83.83.44.24.64.33.94.23.73.43.7

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

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel52 obs
  • American sweetgum35 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo31 obs
  • Goldenrod Soldier Beetle23 obs
  • Western Honey Bee21 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird19 obs
  • Northern Cricket Frog19 obs
  • Monarch18 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/1004146791

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