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Iris Garden

Iris Garden from directly overhead

Iris Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. Mount R stands 1,931 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Herb Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

UCR Botanical Garden, Iris Garden

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.97019, -117.31865
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Attractions
  • Petrified Redwood Log: 0.1 mi
  • World's Largest "Paper" Cup: 2.8 mi
  • Camera Obscura: 3.3 mi
  • Martha Mclean Anza Narrows: 6.4 mi
  • North American F-100C Super Sabre: 6.7 mi
Parks
  • Pierce Lawn: 0.5 mi
  • Highlander Lawn Park: 0.6 mi
  • Islander Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 0.9 mi
  • Highland Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Things Change: 0.8 mi
  • 3 Piece Pile: 0.8 mi
  • Big 'C': 0.9 mi
  • Riverside Gateway: 1.0 mi
  • Riverside Gateway: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums: 56
Nature reserves: 34
Springs: 31
  • Cassina Springs: 1.6 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 2.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Console Springs: 5.9 mi
  • Harford Spring: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 30
Waterfalls: 12
  • Etiwanda Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Middleman Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Holly Jim Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Monkeyface Creek: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Rock Climbing: 1.4 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 1.6 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 12.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Iris Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RNE 40°1,931 m19.6 mi
Strawberry PeakNNE 15°1,876 m18.7 mi
Crest SummitNNE 19°1,768 m19.1 mi
Bailey PeakN 353°1,737.1 m19.8 mi
Red Rock Wall PointNNE 14°1,687 m18.2 mi
Playground Drive HillN 0°1,645 m18.4 mi
Jobs PeakN 358°1,641 m19.8 mi
Monument PeakN 354°1,607 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:3919:2720:04
September equinox06:3818:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575760636873798077686256
Precip in2.12.41.50.60.30.10.00.00.20.40.71.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverside Citrus EXP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,082 obs
  • Granite Spiny Lizard955 obs
  • Western Honey Bee935 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard626 obs
  • Black Phoebe585 obs
  • Red-shouldered Bug462 obs
  • Common Raccoon443 obs
  • Donkey440 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11285908451

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