Mabel Ringling's Rose Garden
Mabel Ringling's Rose Garden is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Big Cockroach Mound stands 7 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ringling Museum Complex, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS) passes 0.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the TAMIAMI TRAIL HWY (OBS)
- 8.9 mi off the BRADENTON BEACH HWY
- 9.0 mi off the PALMA SOLA HWY
- 24.9 mi off the LEMON BAY/MYAKKA TRL
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Mound · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New College Food Forest: 0.1 mi
- Native Restoration Area: 0.2 mi
- Water Tower Park: 1.0 mi
- MLK: 1.9 mi
- Whitfield Park: 2.1 mi
- Owen N. Burns: 3.8 mi
- Selby Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Founder's 50 Monument: 7.9 mi
- Emergency Services Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Braden Castle Ruins: 8.3 mi
- Ringling Museum Complex: 0.0 mi
- Circus Museum & Store: 0.1 mi
- Ulla R. & Arthur F. Searing Wing: 0.1 mi
- Ca' da Zan (Ringling House): 0.1 mi
- Circus Museum - Tibbals Learning Center: 0.1 mi
- Linder Turf and Tractor: 4.3 mi
- Public Beach Access Point: 4.4 mi
- Passage Key Dolphin Tours: 9.0 mi
- Manatee County Fair: 10.0 mi
- Lincoln Park: 10.0 mi
- Indian Beach: 1.4 mi
- Public Beach Access 2: 7.4 mi
- Public Beach Access 3: 7.5 mi
- Sarasota Beach: 7.7 mi
- Siesta Beach: 8.1 mi
- Koski Bell Tower: 0.3 mi
- The Four Winds: 0.3 mi
- The One That Got Away: 0.5 mi
- Shifting Landscape: 3.4 mi
- Enigma: 3.4 mi
- Quick Point Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Red Bug Slough Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Red Bug Slough Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Neal Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Historic Spanish Point: 13.0 mi
- Secret Garden: 0.1 mi
- Drawf Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sarasota Garden Club: 3.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.0 mi
- Bromeliad Garden: 4.0 mi
- 59th Street Boat Ramp picnic benches: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Bench: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion at Palma Sola Botanical Park: 10.8 mi
- Dude Lake Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Portavant Indian Mound: 11.0 mi
- Caloosa Indian Mound: 19.3 mi
- Big Cockroach Mound: 21.0 mi
- Manatee Mineral Spring: 8.0 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mabel Ringling's Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cockroach Mound | N 7° | 7 m | 21.0 mi |
| Caloosa Indian Mound | ESE 108° | 6 m | 19.3 mi |
| Portavant Indian Mound | NNW 339° | 1 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:37 | 19:55 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 17:06 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 62 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 70 | 65 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sarasota Bradenton AP, 1 mi away.
- Brown Anole376 obs
- White Ibis192 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel179 obs
- Atala176 obs
- Great Egret160 obs
- Cuban Tree Frog157 obs
- Florida Softshell Turtle153 obs
- Anhinga144 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/189875972
Day trips start here
- Saint Petersburg · 28 mi
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