Garden Railroad
Garden Railroad is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 94 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Germany Pavilion, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY passes 13 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the GREEN MOUNTAIN BYWAY
- 18.6 mi off the THE RIDGE HWY
- 29.7 mi off the SCENIC SUMTER HERITAGE BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Green Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Germany Pavilion: 0.0 mi
- Germany Pavilion: 0.0 mi
- Italy Pavilion: 0.0 mi
- Outpost: 0.1 mi
- The American Adventure Pavilion: 0.1 mi
- Column of San Marco: 0.0 mi
- Column of San Todaro: 0.0 mi
- Neptune: 0.1 mi
- Torii Gate: 0.2 mi
- Walt the Dreamer: 0.4 mi
- Congress Park: 1.8 mi
- Waterview Park: 1.8 mi
- Reserve Park: 3.0 mi
- Commons Park: 3.1 mi
- Veranda Park: 3.2 mi
- Florida Mitigation Bank: 4.7 mi
- Hamilton's Reserve: 5.2 mi
- Egret Isle Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
- Boggy Marsh Sanctuary: 9.7 mi
- Oak Street Extension Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Eagle Totem Pole: 0.3 mi
- Whale Totem Pole: 0.3 mi
- Disney's Animal Kingdom: 2.7 mi
- Lane Thomas Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Walt Disney World: 3.9 mi
- Museum of Military History: 4.2 mi
- Chocolate Museum & Cafe: 5.3 mi
- Chocolate Kingdom - Factory Adventure Tour: 6.5 mi
- WonderWorks Family Attractions: 6.5 mi
- Osceola County Historical Society Pioneer Museum: 7.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 0.2 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 0.3 mi
- Cottage Garden: 0.3 mi
- Floating Mini-Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Victoria Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Apopka Spring: 15.9 mi
- Wolf Head Spring: 21.4 mi
- Bear Spring: 22.1 mi
- Sanlando Springs: 24.0 mi
- Barrel Spring: 24.2 mi
- Mount Mayday: 1.0 mi
- Mount Gushmore: 2.1 mi
- Mount Everest: 2.4 mi
- Big Thunder Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Horseshoe Creek Hill: 14.4 mi
- Getaway Glen: 1.1 mi
- Hideaway Bay: 1.2 mi
- South Beach: 2.9 mi
- Conrad Beach: 3.1 mi
- The Sandbox: 3.1 mi
- Silver Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Green Pond: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garden Railroad. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 330° | 94 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Everest | WSW 254° | 60 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Gushmore | WSW 237° | 57 m | 2.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Ridge | W 262° | 37 m | 16.8 mi |
| Big Thunder Mountain | NNW 328° | 32 m | 4.3 mi |
| Horseshoe Creek Hill | S 182° | 32 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Mayday | E 97° | 29 m | 1.0 mi |
| Hillard Island | ESE 102° | 23.7 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 19:53 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:53 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 17:00 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 60 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 68 | 63 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orlando W, 10 mi away.
- Brown Anole1,672 obs
- White Ibis1,380 obs
- Anhinga607 obs
- Great Egret605 obs
- Boat-tailed Grackle591 obs
- Mallard469 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel376 obs
- Eastern Cottontail269 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/307687527
Day trips start here
- Walt Disney World · 1 mi
- Walt Disney World/Epcot · 1 mi
- Universal Orlando · 9 mi
- Orlando · 14 mi
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