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GTP Forest Garden

GTP Forest Garden from directly overhead

GTP Forest Garden is a garden in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 298 m. Pleasant Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitney Avenue Community Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Old Frankfort Pike passes 0.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Seedleaf

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.06414, -84.50139

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Douglass Park: 0.4 mi
  • Coolavin Park: 0.5 mi
  • Back Circle: 0.8 mi
  • Gatton Park on the Town Branch: 0.9 mi
  • Whitney Young Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 54
Museums: 23
Peaks: 23
  • Sugar Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Catnip Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Meridian Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Spring Hill: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 11
Springs: 9
  • Blue Hole: 1.7 mi
  • Boils: 1.8 mi
  • Commonwealth Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Preston Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Linsday Spring: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Silver Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Elk Lick Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Falls At Shaker Landing: 20.7 mi
  • Fulling Mill Falls: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 13.0 mi
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillESE 105°330 m22.6 mi
Rose HillESE 110°311 m24.2 mi
Five Forks HillENE 79°307 m23.9 mi
Spring HillESE 105°294 m14.2 mi
The BackboneNW 304°262 m21.4 mi
Eagle Nest HillSE 125°260 m22.2 mi
Hickman HillWNW 299°251 m17.4 mi
The MoundWSW 255°226 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1620:2521:05
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5116:4117:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846566573777669584638
Precip in3.43.64.54.45.45.05.13.73.43.73.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 6 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel67 obs
  • bur oak65 obs
  • House Sparrow55 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty54 obs
  • Parrot's feather51 obs
  • American Robin49 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle49 obs
  • Pond Slider46 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6993512113

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