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Marie's Garden

Marie's Garden from directly overhead

Marie's Garden is a garden in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 346 m. Monte Sano Mountain stands 494 m to the north, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Bluff, a cliff 0.4 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Land Trust of North Alabama
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.65912, -86.51795

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Willow Park: 1.7 mi
  • Jones Family Park: 2.1 mi
  • Camelot Recreation Association: 2.3 mi
  • Lily Flagg Park: 2.5 mi
  • Kent Robertson Park: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 42
  • Three Caves: 5.2 mi
  • Japanese Friendship Bridge: 6.2 mi
  • Huntsville Speedway: 6.4 mi
  • Huntsville Roundhouse and Turntable: 6.6 mi
  • Huntsville Depot: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 29
Historic sites: 15
Artworks: 14
Springs: 13
  • Byrd Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Alm's Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Little Chalybeate Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Fearn Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 5.7 mi
Museums: 12
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pavilion 12: 5.5 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 5.6 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 5.6 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 5.6 mi
  • Pavilion 10: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 9.5 mi
  • Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 11.7 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Waterfall: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Talucah Beach: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Marie's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte Sano MountainN 3°494 m6.0 mi
Chestnut KnobNNE 26°490 m5.0 mi
Round Top MountainNNW 343°483 m4.2 mi
Logan PointN 5°481 m6.6 mi
Huntsville MountainN 4°476 m0.9 mi
Sand PointN 351°463 m3.0 mi
Jasper PointNE 44°462 m10.9 mi
Drake MountainNE 53°440 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:58
June solstice05:3419:2620:03
September equinox06:3518:1118:44
December solstice06:5016:0116:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596775787772614943
Precip in5.95.55.55.14.94.54.23.74.23.74.56.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owens Cross Roads 3S, 8 mi away.

  • rue anemone51 obs
  • American cancer-root45 obs
  • American smoketree40 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander31 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort24 obs
  • leafcup23 obs
  • fire pink22 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia22 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/991812443

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