Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum is a garden in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 312 m. House Mountain stands 629 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is James Smith Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 7.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Knoxville
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 27.6 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- James Smith Park: 0.3 mi
- Sarah Moore Greene Greenway Park: 0.4 mi
- Paul Hogue Park: 0.5 mi
- Claude Walker Park: 0.5 mi
- Wilson Castle Park: 0.6 mi
- Marble Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mabrys Hill: 1.2 mi
- Temperance Hill: 1.9 mi
- Flint Hill: 1.9 mi
- Summit Hill: 2.5 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 2.4 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 3.5 mi
- Aspire: 15.5 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 16.2 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 16.5 mi
- Christian-Newsom Memorial: 1.6 mi
- James White Fort: 2.1 mi
- Million Dollar Fire: 2.3 mi
- Miller's Building Arch: 2.4 mi
- Tennessee Monument: 2.5 mi
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center: 1.1 mi
- The Muse Knoxville: 1.1 mi
- The Muse Knoxville: 1.1 mi
- Winstead Mansion: 1.2 mi
- Mabry-Hazen House: 1.4 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 6.0 mi
- Wright Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Keller Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 1.9 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 2.9 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 2.9 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Grow Lab: 3.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.7 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 4.0 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 4.0 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 1.4 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 3.2 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 3.3 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 16.8 mi
- Dolly Parton: 19.4 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 3.1 mi
- Strong rock spring: 9.9 mi
- Herron Spring: 17.2 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 23.1 mi
- Hardin Spring: 23.2 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 4.8 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 23.7 mi
- Meigs Falls: 24.5 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 24.7 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 17.7 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Loyston: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Mountain | NE 36° | 629 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 132° | 624 m | 15.7 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SE 138° | 604 m | 15.5 mi |
| Little Pine Mountain | SE 136° | 566 m | 15.7 mi |
| Rhetts View | NE 37° | 500 m | 16.4 mi |
| Jackson Knob | SE 130° | 487 m | 16.4 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NNW 346° | 471 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mitchell Knob | NNW 346° | 463 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel202 obs
- Northern Cardinal144 obs
- American Robin92 obs
- bloodroot75 obs
- Green Frog74 obs
- House Sparrow73 obs
- Mourning Dove70 obs
- Eastern Cottontail67 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/584755830
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