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Cullowhee Community Garden

Cullowhee Community Garden from directly overhead

Cullowhee Community Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 627 m. Snaggy Bald stands 1,646 m to the east-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is American Eclipse, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jackson County
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.31747, -83.18124

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bocce courts: 1.8 mi
  • Cullowhee Rec Center: 1.9 mi
  • East Laporte River Park: 2.4 mi
  • Webster River Access Point: 3.0 mi
  • Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Sleepy Hollow Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Moses Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Catamount Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cullowhee Creek Falls: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 20
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 15
Attractions: 13
  • Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 3.9 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 4.2 mi
  • The Fugitive Train Wreck: 5.9 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 9.3 mi
  • Soco Falls Overlook: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 9
  • American Eclipse: 0.4 mi
  • Wi: 0.4 mi
  • Chalice: 0.5 mi
  • Ear: 1.0 mi
  • Moai Statue: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 17.5 mi
  • Deep Creek Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.5 mi
  • Wine Spring: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Cullowhee Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snaggy BaldENE 62°1,646 m7.4 mi
Doubletop MountainNE 50°1,634 m6.2 mi
Coward BaldENE 67°1,576 m6.8 mi
Perry TopNNW 344°1,540 m7.7 mi
Fern MountainNE 52°1,469 m5.5 mi
Black MountainNE 55°1,431 m5.1 mi
Piney Ridge KnobNE 55°1,420 m5.2 mi
Sheep KnobSW 220°1,417 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:45
June solstice06:1920:1420:52
September equinox07:2118:5819:31
December solstice07:3816:4517:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147566471747368574640
Precip in4.94.64.64.74.35.15.04.34.33.24.05.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Christmas fern80 obs
  • Beautiful Wood-nymph54 obs
  • Groundhog53 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle53 obs
  • Imperial Moth52 obs
  • American pokeweed51 obs
  • American tuliptree50 obs
  • mayapple47 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1408688088

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