D.W. Brooks Connect to Protect Garden
D.W. Brooks Connect to Protect Garden is a garden in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Jacks Creek Mountain stands 300 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is D.W. Brooks Mall, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
This garden is part of the Connect to Protect program which is in partnership with the State Botanical Garden of Georgia to support native pollinator populations. By connecting people with the landscape (and pollinators with habitats)---through the use of
What the record says
- Built
- 2017
What to expect
- Operated by
- State Botanical Garden of Georgia
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- D.W. Brooks Mall: 0.0 mi
- Alan Jaworski Plant Science Amphitheater: 0.0 mi
- Mary Kahrs Warnell Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Myers Quad: 0.3 mi
- GGY Quad: 0.3 mi
- Ellie the Exploration Dawg: 0.2 mi
- Darwin-God Bust: 0.2 mi
- Split: 0.3 mi
- Archangel: 0.4 mi
- Ascension: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Old Athens Cemetery: 0.8 mi
- Herty Field: 0.9 mi
- Chapel Bell: 0.9 mi
- The Red and Black: 1.0 mi
- UGA Trial Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden: 0.3 mi
- Rosella’s Garden: 0.4 mi
- President's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Scholar Garden: 0.9 mi
- Georgia Museum of Natural History: 0.2 mi
- Georgia Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- T.R.R. Cobb House: 1.3 mi
- Church-Waddel-Brumby House: 1.3 mi
- Porcelain and Decorative Arts Museum: 2.9 mi
- Tillman Tract: 2.2 mi
- Five Acre Woods: 2.3 mi
- Barber Creek Battle Site: 2.5 mi
- Whitehall Shoals Heritage and Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Trove Open Area: 6.5 mi
- Athens Gneiss Drill Core: 0.4 mi
- Tree That Owns Itself: 0.9 mi
- The Arch: 1.0 mi
- Broad River Outpost: 21.0 mi
- Pendergrass Flea Market: 21.6 mi
- Coon Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Mountain: 16.1 mi
- Jacks Creek Mountain: 16.8 mi
- Heart Attack Hill: 20.6 mi
- Big Mountain: 21.9 mi
- Barnett Shoals: 7.9 mi
- Scull Shoals: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of D.W. Brooks Connect to Protect Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacks Creek Mountain | WSW 240° | 300 m | 16.8 mi |
| Turkey Creek Mountain | WSW 241° | 273 m | 16.1 mi |
| Big Mountain | ESE 116° | 230 m | 21.9 mi |
| Coon Mountain | SSE 154° | 195 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:51 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens BEN Epps AP, 3 mi away.
- Asian Lady Beetle813 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee393 obs
- Green Anole366 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel334 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug317 obs
- Joro Spider273 obs
- American Robin262 obs
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug253 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/858193351
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