Elizabeth Young Community Garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Elizabeth Young Community Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 949 m. Harmon Knob stands 1,466 m to the north-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Optimist Club of Boone, a park 0.5 miles away. US 421 Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 2.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.2 mi off the Little Parkway
- 6.6 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Moses Cone Overlook · 3 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 4 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Optimist Club of Boone: 0.5 mi
- Watauga Recreation Complex: 0.6 mi
- Watauga Recreation Complex: 0.6 mi
- Strawberry Hill Arboretum: 1.0 mi
- Jaycee Park: 1.0 mi
- Yarnall Knob: 1.1 mi
- Deck Hill: 1.5 mi
- Blackburn Knob: 2.2 mi
- Howard Knob: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 2.6 mi
- Hebron Colony Falls: 5.1 mi
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 5.2 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 5.3 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower Glen Marie Falls: 5.5 mi
- Founders Bell: 1.3 mi
- Founders Mall: 1.4 mi
- Aspire: 1.5 mi
- Yosef the Mountain Man: 1.6 mi
- Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 1.6 mi
- Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 0.6 mi
- Tweetsie Twister: 1.8 mi
- F-80 Jet Planes: 1.8 mi
- Round-Up: 2.0 mi
- Buckaroo Drop: 2.0 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 0.8 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 1.4 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 2.6 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 3.8 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 4.6 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 1.1 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 1.5 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 4.9 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 15.7 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 4.3 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 11.9 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 12.4 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 1.5 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 1.6 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 1.6 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 1.8 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 4.3 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 20.4 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 9.6 mi
- Shanty Springs: 10.6 mi
- Mortimer: 15.7 mi
- Elk Shoals: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Elizabeth Young Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon Knob | NNW 338° | 1,466 m | 6.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NW 316° | 1,455 m | 3.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,407 m | 5.4 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NW 318° | 1,403 m | 5.3 mi |
| Snakeden Mountain | NW 312° | 1,367 m | 4.6 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,362 m | 2.6 mi |
| Howard Knob | NNW 340° | 1,343 m | 2.4 mi |
| Buckeye Knob | NW 319° | 1,291 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 1 mi away.
- mile-a-minute weed352 obs
- White-tailed Deer308 obs
- white clover228 obs
- garlic mustard223 obs
- ground-ivy182 obs
- eastern white pine175 obs
- Christmas fern175 obs
- multiflora rose145 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.
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