Chinese Garden
Chinese Garden is a garden in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Kennesaw Mountain stands 543 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Science Classes Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Atlanta Chinatown Mall
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the South Fulton Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Science Classes Garden: 0.6 mi
- Villa Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Summit Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Little Nancy Creek Park Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Henderson Park Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Huntley Hills Park: 0.9 mi
- Train play ground: 0.9 mi
- Keswick Park: 0.9 mi
- Clairmont Park: 0.9 mi
- Keswick Park: 0.9 mi
- Police Officer Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Crypt of Civilization time capsule: 2.1 mi
- The Carillon of Lupton Hall: 2.2 mi
- Old Decatur Waterworks Dam: 5.9 mi
- Old Decatur Waterworks Settling Tank: 6.0 mi
- Oglethorpe Museum of Art: 2.2 mi
- Atlanta History Center: 6.0 mi
- Fire Station Museum: 6.3 mi
- David J. Sencer CDC Museum: 6.5 mi
- Michael C. Carlos Museum: 7.1 mi
- Equilibrista 90: 4.1 mi
- Split Monumental: 4.1 mi
- Hombre Universal: 4.1 mi
- Persélidas Monumental: 4.1 mi
- Atlanta Cyclorama: 6.0 mi
- Hispanic Latin America Shopping Mall: 1.9 mi
- Trail Sign - Great Blue Heron: 5.7 mi
- Trail Sign - Grasshopper: 5.7 mi
- Trail Sign - Monarch Butterfly: 5.7 mi
- Trail Sign - Pillbug: 5.8 mi
- Druid Hill: 5.4 mi
- Stone Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Blackjack Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Sweat Mountain: 15.1 mi
- Lanier Mountain: 15.4 mi
- Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Friendship Forest Nature Preserve\: 6.3 mi
- Woodlands Garden: 7.2 mi
- Glenn Creek Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Lullwater Conservation Garden: 8.0 mi
- Mead Road Park: 8.7 mi
- East Cobb Park pavilion: 10.6 mi
- Studdard Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Dat Fire Jerk Chicken Up Top Lounge: 11.5 mi
- Aarlington Beach: 5.9 mi
- Swan Lake Estates Beach: 22.0 mi
- Costley Mill Park Beach: 24.7 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Water Wheel: 9.2 mi
- Allatoona Falls: 21.9 mi
- McDaniels Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Constitution: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chinese Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw Mountain | WNW 290° | 543 m | 17.1 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ESE 123° | 514 m | 10.6 mi |
| Sweat Mountain | NW 324° | 500 m | 15.1 mi |
| Little Kennesaw Mountain | WNW 289° | 488 m | 17.4 mi |
| Lost Mountain | W 280° | 462 m | 23.2 mi |
| Blackjack Mountain | WNW 300° | 418 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 289° | 396 m | 20.9 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | WNW 287° | 378 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:55 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, under a mile away.
- Joro Spider37 obs
- Common Box Turtle27 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake25 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail20 obs
- American tuliptree19 obs
- box elder18 obs
- American pokeweed17 obs
- Chinese privet16 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/1533150710
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