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Good Shepherd Community Garden

Good Shepherd Community Garden from directly overhead

Good Shepherd Community Garden is a garden in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Stone Mountain stands 514 m to the southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is McDaniels Bluff, a cliff 0.4 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church

How to reach it

Coordinates33.85874, -84.08086

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Yellow River Post Office Site: 1.3 mi
  • Mountain Park Park: 2.3 mi
  • Parkwood Farms: 2.5 mi
  • South Gwinnett Park: 2.5 mi
  • Ronald Reagan Park at Five Forks: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • James D. Mason Memorial Intersection: 3.5 mi
  • Missouri Terrace: 4.8 mi
  • Kentucky Terrace: 4.9 mi
  • North Carolina Terrace: 4.9 mi
  • Arkansas Terrace: 4.9 mi
Museums
  • Memorial Hall: 4.8 mi
  • Quarry Exhibit: 4.9 mi
  • Confederate Hall: 5.7 mi
  • Miniature Chair Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Gwinnett History Museum: 8.4 mi
Artworks
  • It’s a Beautiful Day in Lawrenceville, GA: 8.5 mi
  • Riding Skeleton: 8.5 mi
  • John Wesley: 8.7 mi
  • Frog: 9.6 mi
  • Adams Center/Refuge Coffee Mural: 9.8 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Pollinator garden: 7.6 mi
  • Henderson Park Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Clarkston International Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Clarkston Community Garden: 9.7 mi
  • North DeKalb Community Garden: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 35
Nature reserves: 17
  • Friendship Forest Nature Preserve\: 9.6 mi
  • Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
  • Glenn Creek Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
  • DeKalb County greenspace: 13.6 mi
  • Woodlands Garden: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Lanier Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Stone Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Rock Chapel Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Pine Mountain: 10.1 mi
  • Druid Hill: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Costley Mill Park Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Aarlington Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Swan Lake Estates Beach: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Water Wheel: 10.9 mi
  • Vickery Creek Falls: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stone MountainSW 226°514 m5.2 mi
Lanier MountainESE 104°344 m2.6 mi
Pool MountainNE 42°335 m18.2 mi
Alcovy MountainESE 114°317 m21.2 mi
Pine MountainS 181°314 m10.1 mi
Druid HillWSW 256°300 m13.1 mi
Bradley MountainS 189°290.823 m13.5 mi
Arabia MountainS 189°289 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:48
June solstice06:2720:1420:51
September equinox07:2519:0219:35
December solstice07:3816:5417:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616976807973625245
Precip in4.64.54.73.93.84.74.74.54.13.44.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 13 mi away.

  • Green Anole37 obs
  • Northern Cardinal27 obs
  • American Toad22 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail21 obs
  • Joro Spider20 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • eastern redbud19 obs
  • White-tailed Deer18 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/813199431

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