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Carnivorous Bog Garden

Carnivorous Bog Garden from directly overhead

Carnivorous Bog Garden is a garden in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodland Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

A bog is commonly thought to consist of muddy, organic-rich soil. This was the type of soil that was used to create the it. Its approximately three feet deep and was filled with peat from the bottom of a local lake and mixed with sand to give it enough st

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Coordinates39.08444, -84.78353

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Big Boy: 5.2 mi
  • Saber-Tooth Cat: 7.3 mi
  • Big Boy: 9.0 mi
  • Big Boy: 10.1 mi
  • Big Boy: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 52
Museums: 41
  • Creation Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Dearborn County Historical Society: 3.7 mi
  • Delhi Historical Society: 9.0 mi
  • Price Hill Historical Society: 11.5 mi
  • The German Heritage Museum: 11.5 mi
Peaks: 41
Nature reserves: 32
Picnic sites: 24
  • Columbia Terrace: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Bend: 2.8 mi
  • Area 33, Maple Ridge: 11.4 mi
  • Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 11.6 mi
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 24.5 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 6.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNE 37°319 m16.6 mi
Elkhorn HillNNW 343°308 m19.5 mi
English HillNNW 339°304 m20.6 mi
Gobblers Knob HillNNW 335°301 m19.9 mi
Wewe HillNNW 328°299 m21.3 mi
Cobbs HillNNW 343°299 m21.3 mi
South Gate HillNNW 332°297 m19.8 mi
Long Hollow HillNNW 331°296 m21.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1619:51
June solstice06:1420:2921:09
September equinox07:2719:0319:38
December solstice07:5516:3817:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544546473767568574637
Precip in3.63.14.45.05.14.84.13.33.33.53.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati-fernbank, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch14 obs
  • Mallard8 obs
  • Northern Cardinal8 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird7 obs
  • Common Garter Snake7 obs
  • Cassin's 17-year Cicada7 obs
  • Central Ratsnake7 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird6 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/1082766115

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