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Georgeson Botanical Garden

Georgeson Botanical Garden from directly overhead

Georgeson Botanical Garden is a garden in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Haystack Mountain stands 770 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Babula Children’s Garden, a park 0.1 miles away. The George Parks Highway Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates64.85675, -147.85852

Overlooks nearby

99 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 35
  • Circle of Flags: 1.1 mi
  • The Great Alaskan Bowl Company: 1.8 mi
  • Riverboat Discovery: 1.8 mi
  • Steamboat Landing: 1.9 mi
  • Native House: 2.7 mi
Parks: 22
  • Babula Children’s Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Troth Yeddha' Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cornerstone Plaza: 1.1 mi
  • Ice Park: 1.7 mi
  • Pearl Creek Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Ester Dome: 6.0 mi
  • Birch Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Mount Lulu Fairbanks: 11.3 mi
  • Clear Creek Butte: 15.6 mi
  • Murphy Dome: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 7
Historic sites: 7
  • Black Brant IX sounding rocket: 0.3 mi
  • Barnette's Landing: 4.1 mi
  • Interior Alaska Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Lend-Lease Monument: 4.2 mi
  • White Alice Communications Station: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cleary Summit Parking: 18.0 mi
  • East Lake Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Swim Beach: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Georgeson Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haystack MountainNNE 20°770 m20.0 mi
Gilmore DomeENE 59°738 m16.8 mi
Ester DomeWNW 285°720 m6.0 mi
Mount Lulu FairbanksENE 57°567 m11.3 mi
Clear Creek ButteS 176°275 m15.6 mi
Moose Creek BluffESE 115°245 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5219:0220:07
June solstice02:5822:3800:50
September equinox07:3518:5019:55
December solstice11:00—14:41

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F-5413344960625645276-1
Precip in0.60.50.40.30.61.92.52.41.50.80.80.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — University EXP STN, under a mile away.

  • Prickly Wild Rose195 obs
  • tufted vetch193 obs
  • fireweed184 obs
  • Lingonberry139 obs
  • Fly Agaric108 obs
  • squashberry102 obs
  • American Red Squirrel100 obs
  • Alaska Paper Birch92 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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OpenStreetMap element way/341680375

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