Formal Garden
Formal Garden is a garden in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. The Stockade stands 29 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bog Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Moore Farms Botanical Garden
How to reach it
80 named places within 25 miles
- Lake City Community Park: 2.9 mi
- Theatre Park: 3.9 mi
- Town Square Village Green: 3.9 mi
- Dew Park: 4.0 mi
- Dr Ronald E McNair Memorial Park and Museum: 4.1 mi
- Energetic Exchange (Twine Mural): 3.2 mi
- The Good of the Hive: 3.8 mi
- From This Moment Forward: 3.9 mi
- Artfields Mural: 3.9 mi
- Huey Cooper Statue: 3.9 mi
- The National Bean Market Museum: 3.9 mi
- Lynches Lake Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Turbeville History Center: 11.4 mi
- Williamsburgh Historical Museum: 14.2 mi
- Harllee Natural History Museum: 22.3 mi
- Bog Garden: 0.0 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 0.0 mi
- Bog Garden: 0.0 mi
- Moore Farms Botanical Garden: 0.3 mi
- Moore Farms Botanical Garden: 0.6 mi
- Francis Marion Memorial: 21.6 mi
- Liberty Garden: 22.0 mi
- Mark Twain: 22.3 mi
- Railroad: 23.0 mi
- General Francis Marion: 24.2 mi
- The Stockade: 21.5 mi
- Heaven Hill: 22.0 mi
- DeWitt Bluff: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Formal Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stockade | N 11° | 29 m | 21.5 mi |
| Heaven Hill | ENE 60° | 9 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 19:57 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:37 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cades 4 W, 5 mi away.
- Chipping Sparrow9 obs
- Eastern Ratsnake9 obs
- Eastern Kingsnake7 obs
- crane-fly orchid7 obs
- Bluegill6 obs
- Variegated Fritillary6 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper6 obs
- longleaf pine6 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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