Learning Garden
Learning Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Bear Mountain stands 1,116 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is West Entrance Garden, a park 0.2 miles away. Cottage Grove Covered Bridge passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lane Community College
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Cottage Grove Covered Bridge
- 25.6 mi off the Over the Rivers and Through the Woods
Named places within 25 miles
- West Entrance Garden: 0.2 mi
- Bristow Square: 0.3 mi
- Bloomberg City Park: 0.8 mi
- Dillard Skyline City Park: 1.4 mi
- Moon Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Moon Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Baldy: 1.3 mi
- Swing Hill: 3.0 mi
- Kelly Butte: 3.2 mi
- Spencer Butte: 3.3 mi
- Dinosaur on Hill: 1.1 mi
- Statehood Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Luigi Testa Sculpture Garden: 2.7 mi
- Drift Boat: 2.7 mi
- Lisa Simpson Mural: 2.7 mi
- Suzanne Arlie Park: 0.8 mi
- Coryell Ridge: 1.2 mi
- Mt. Baldy Park: 1.4 mi
- Amazon Headwaters Park: 2.0 mi
- Erin Noble Headwaters Park: 2.2 mi
- Laurel Valley Educational Farm: 1.9 mi
- Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden: 2.4 mi
- Grove Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Columbia Street Garden: 2.7 mi
- Patricia Baker Wildflower Garden: 2.8 mi
- Willamette Heights Pillar: 2.4 mi
- Pre's Rock: 2.6 mi
- Soldier’s Memorial: 3.0 mi
- GAR Memorial Plot: 3.0 mi
- Centennial Viewpoint: 3.2 mi
- Cascades Raptor Center: 2.5 mi
- Springfield History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Museum of Natural and Cultural History: 2.9 mi
- Eugene Science Center: 3.8 mi
- Lane County Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Masterson Pioneer Cabin: 2.0 mi
- Living History Village: 2.0 mi
- Nicolas Cage balcony: 3.0 mi
- Mim's House: 4.2 mi
- Elijah Bristow Monument: 5.8 mi
- Spliff Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Franklin Perch: 2.7 mi
- Climbing Columns: 4.6 mi
- Lenon Hill: 10.7 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Southbound: 10.8 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Northbound: 10.9 mi
- Oak Grove Rest Area Northbound: 15.9 mi
- Oak Grove Rest Area Southbound: 15.9 mi
- Chicken Shack: 5.7 mi
- Signal Point Day Use Area: 19.3 mi
- Brice Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Learning Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,116 m | 13.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | N 11° | 961.6 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Tom | N 10° | 954 m | 14.4 mi |
| Eagles Rest | SE 127° | 922 m | 18.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 21° | 852.2 m | 16.1 mi |
| Prune Hill | SSE 156° | 809 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Zion | SE 124° | 797 m | 15.2 mi |
| Hells Hill | NE 49° | 746 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eugene-mahlon Sweet FLD, 12 mi away.
- Oregon iris94 obs
- Pacific madrone78 obs
- common cowparsnip75 obs
- great camas73 obs
- Mule Deer71 obs
- Pacific poison oak70 obs
- bigleaf maple66 obs
- Oregon grape63 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/243834119
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