Ethnobotanical Garden
Ethnobotanical Garden is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. The nearest named place is Rainy Lake Visitor Center Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway
57 named places within 25 miles
- Rainy Lake Dove Island Wayside Park: 0.7 mi
- Springer Point: 1.4 mi
- Jackfish Bay Wayside Park: 5.0 mi
- Clark Park: 6.9 mi
- Ogard Point: 8.0 mi
- Rainy Lake Visitor Center Day Use Area: 0.1 mi
- Harrison East Day Use Area: 2.4 mi
- Little Cedar Island - Day Use Area: 3.6 mi
- Drywood Island Day Use Area: 4.0 mi
- Diamond Island Central Day Use Area: 4.8 mi
- Rainy Lake Mermaid: 5.0 mi
- Big Boy Vic: 8.7 mi
- Ellsworth Rock Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Smokey Bear: 11.4 mi
- Little American Island Dock: 1.3 mi
- Minnesota Welcomes You Sign: 11.1 mi
- Harry Oveson Fish Camp: 6.9 mi
- Bronko Nagurski Monument;Koochiching County Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
- War Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Lowey's Greenhouse: 13.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:44 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:30 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 15:25 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 5 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 54 | 41 | 26 | 12 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Intl Falls Intl AP, 11 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Voyageurs National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Apr and Dec; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- Eastern Chipmunk22 obs
- American Red Squirrel21 obs
- common milkweed18 obs
- quaking aspen18 obs
- large-leaved aster18 obs
- fireweed17 obs
- Tricolored Bumble Bee14 obs
- Monarch12 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/1073095388
Day trips start here
- Voyageurs National Park · 14 mi
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