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Idaho Botanical Garden

Idaho Botanical Garden from directly overhead

Idaho Botanical Garden is a garden in Idaho, at a modelled elevation of 852 m. Shafer Butte stands 2,308 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Idaho Native Plant Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.60089, -116.16079
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Boise B: 0.6 mi
  • Historic Interurban Trolley Mural: 1.7 mi
  • Salute: 2.0 mi
  • Fantasy Flora and Fauna: 2.1 mi
  • Eternal Wind: 2.2 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Table Rock: 0.8 mi
  • Lucky Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Aldape Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Highland Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Eagleson Summit: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
Gardens: 21
  • Idaho Native Plant Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Children's Adventure Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Dry Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Meditation Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Western Water Wise Garden: 0.0 mi
Museums: 20
Nature reserves: 17
Attractions: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 8.8 mi
  • Blacks Creek Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 8.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shafer ButteNNE 17°2,308 m12.3 mi
Thorn Creek ButteENE 64°2,290.572 m22.7 mi
Bald MountainENE 64°2,279 m23.1 mi
Mores MountainNNE 15°2,202 m13.6 mi
Doe PointNNE 17°2,151 m11.1 mi
Deer PointNNE 16°2,150 m11.1 mi
Bob's KnobNNE 23°2,024 m12.0 mi
Gardiner PeakNNE 30°2,011 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:1919:57
June solstice06:0420:4621:30
September equinox07:3319:0619:44
December solstice08:1616:2417:11

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323845516068777666534032
Precip in1.41.01.31.21.40.80.20.20.40.81.21.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boise AIR Terminal, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard234 obs
  • Mallard219 obs
  • showy milkweed166 obs
  • Western Honey Bee150 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot148 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel140 obs
  • Great Blue Heron127 obs
  • Wood Duck126 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/355387601

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