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Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Garden from directly overhead

Butterfly Garden is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Medley Landfill stands 81 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Genesis, a artwork 0.1 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 20 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
University of Miami

How to reach it

Coordinates25.71782, -80.27883

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • UM Sinkhole Lounge: 0.4 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 0.4 mi
  • Carlos S. Kakouris Park: 0.5 mi
  • Granada Park: 0.5 mi
  • Orduna Dr-Miller Rd Triangle Park: 0.6 mi
Attractions
  • Tropical Audubon Society: 1.0 mi
  • Coral Gables Waterway: 1.4 mi
  • Insegna LITTLE HAVANA: 4.2 mi
  • Calle Ocho Walk of Fame. West.: 4.8 mi
  • Calle Ocho Walk of Fame: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 48
Beaches: 16
  • Tahiti Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Hobie Island Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Hobie Island Beach Park: 6.6 mi
  • Crandon Park Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Crandon Beach: 7.9 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Gardens: 9
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Medley Landfill: 10.7 mi
  • Grossman Ridge: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Table: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 11.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Medley LandfillNNW 335°81 m10.7 mi
Grossman RidgeWSW 254°1 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0219:33
June solstice06:3119:4320:16
September equinox07:1018:4919:19
December solstice07:0417:0217:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F697173767982848483807571
Precip in2.32.32.02.64.68.74.25.97.36.02.62.4

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

  • Crested Anole1,546 obs
  • Brown Anole1,019 obs
  • Muscovy Duck498 obs
  • Green Iguana481 obs
  • Peters's Rock Agama464 obs
  • Green Anole393 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron276 obs
  • White Ibis260 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/1311391869

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