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ETSU Community Garden

ETSU Community Garden from directly overhead

ETSU Community Garden is a garden in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 540 m. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Carillion, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2010
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
East Tennessee State University Department of Sustainability

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.30011, -82.36220
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.6 mi
  • D R Beeson Park: 1.0 mi
  • Founders Park: 1.1 mi
  • Powell Square Park: 1.1 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 27
Waterfalls: 21
  • Red Fork Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Dennis Cove Waterfall: 15.0 mi
Museums: 13
Attractions: 7
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 1.3 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 1.3 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 13.4 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 14.2 mi
  • Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 22.9 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 13.1 mi
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hampton Spring: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 13.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of ETSU Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Unaka MountainSSE 162°1,579 m12.1 mi
Little Bald KnobSSE 151°1,359 m13.4 mi
Beauty SpotS 173°1,347 m12.8 mi
Piney BallSSE 152°1,288 m12.8 mi
Big BallSSE 158°1,254 m12.8 mi
Clarke MountainSE 135°1,250 m12.7 mi
Stone MountainSE 140°1,129 m8.2 mi
Fork MountainESE 108°1,101 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:41
June solstice06:1320:1320:51
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3816:3917:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471757468574639
Precip in3.83.84.03.84.45.25.94.23.02.83.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mayapple73 obs
  • American cancer-root61 obs
  • Christmas fern58 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle57 obs
  • sassafras52 obs
  • bloodroot50 obs
  • rue anemone50 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel49 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/232786197

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