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Daniel Boone Native Gardens

Daniel Boone Native Gardens from directly overhead

Daniel Boone Native Gardens is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 981 m. Rich Mountain stands 1,633 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Jaycee Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. US 421 Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
The Garden Club of North Carolina

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.20981, -81.67132

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jaycee Park: 0.0 mi
  • Strawberry Hill Arboretum: 0.1 mi
  • Durham Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sanford Mall: 0.5 mi
  • Arborcrest Gardens: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Hebron Colony Falls: 5.2 mi
  • New Year's Creek Cascades: 5.9 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Upper Glen Marie Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Glen Marie Falls: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 24
  • Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 1.6 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 1.6 mi
  • Tweetsie Twister: 2.8 mi
  • F-80 Jet Planes: 2.8 mi
  • Round-Up: 2.9 mi
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 10
Gardens: 9
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Daniel Boone Native Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich MountainNNW 340°1,633 m7.5 mi
Harmon KnobNNW 340°1,466 m5.7 mi
Rittle KnobN 5°1,463 m7.8 mi
Rich MountainNW 313°1,455 m2.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 340°1,407 m4.5 mi
Grassy KnobNW 316°1,403 m4.4 mi
Snakeden MountainNW 309°1,367 m3.7 mi
Flat Top MountainS 186°1,362 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441495865686761514135
Precip in4.43.64.85.55.55.65.15.65.74.74.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer358 obs
  • mile-a-minute weed343 obs
  • garlic mustard261 obs
  • white clover256 obs
  • Christmas fern212 obs
  • eastern white pine208 obs
  • ground-ivy195 obs
  • striped wintergreen178 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/208259572

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