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Master Gardener Demonstration Garden

Master Gardener Demonstration Garden from directly overhead

Master Gardener Demonstration Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Gold Mountain stands 528 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is May Peace Prevail on Earth, a historic site 0.1 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 6.3 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Washington Statue University
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.34821, -122.64015

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • May Peace Prevail on Earth: 0.1 mi
  • Gig Harbor 9/11 Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • After Medicine Creek: 2.3 mi
  • The Puyallup Tribe / sx̌ʷəbabš | The Swift Water People: 2.4 mi
  • Before Gig Harbor: 2.4 mi
Parks
  • Sehmel Homestead Park: 0.1 mi
  • Rotary Bark Park: 0.8 mi
  • McCormick Forest Park: 1.0 mi
  • Peninsula Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
  • Doris Heritage Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
  • Ford Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Kinbee Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Indian Point: 7.1 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 9.3 mi
  • Indian Hill: 11.1 mi
Gardens
  • Rhododendron Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Nature Play Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Iris Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Northwest Native Plant Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Dahlia Trial Garden: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • Muskoxen: 6.2 mi
  • Muskoxen: 6.2 mi
  • Arctic Fox: 6.3 mi
  • Polar Bears: 6.3 mi
  • Goats: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 51
Picnic sites: 27
  • The Meadow: 3.9 mi
  • Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Rustic Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 6
  • Ellison Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gold MountainNNW 334°528 m15.5 mi
Green MountainNNW 332°484 m16.8 mi
Indian HillESE 106°167 m11.1 mi
High PointNE 43°158 m18.0 mi
Black HillS 182°153 m19.0 mi
Goodman HillS 181°145 m19.3 mi
Newman HillS 180°138 m19.7 mi
Bare HillS 181°136 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:23
June solstice05:1520:2421:12
September equinox06:5818:3019:10
December solstice07:5615:3116:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346495660656561524541
Precip in6.14.14.63.42.11.40.70.91.54.37.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma Narrows AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Evergreen Huckleberry42 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug26 obs
  • Pacific trillium25 obs
  • salal23 obs
  • Salmonberry21 obs
  • western sword fern21 obs
  • Ghost Pipe21 obs
  • Western Panther19 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 way/1328722696

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