North Alabama Japanese Garden
North Alabama Japanese Garden is a garden in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 486 m. Bice Mountain stands 536 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Monte Sano Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Monte Sano Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Logan Point: 0.7 mi
- Panther Knob: 1.6 mi
- Chapman Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Round Top Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Monte Sano Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Oak Park: 2.0 mi
- Hermitage Park: 2.6 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 2.8 mi
- Pear Tree Park: 2.9 mi
- Three Caves: 2.5 mi
- Alabama A&M Agribition Center: 2.9 mi
- Huntsville Roundhouse and Turntable: 4.3 mi
- Japanese Friendship Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Huntsville Depot: 4.4 mi
- Sublett Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Bucklight Point: 10.0 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Coffee Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Hotel Monte Sano: 1.1 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 4.2 mi
- Statue of William Hooper Councill: 4.3 mi
- Eternal Flame: 4.4 mi
- 2006 School Bus Crash: 4.5 mi
- Artistic Images: 4.0 mi
- Moon Gate: 4.0 mi
- Small Bull sculpture: 4.1 mi
- Gracelyn Rose sculpture: 4.3 mi
- Travelers: 4.3 mi
- Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 0.3 mi
- Fearn Spring: 0.9 mi
- Little Chalybeate Spring: 1.0 mi
- Fagan Spring: 1.8 mi
- Moore Quarter Spring: 1.8 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum & Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Burritt Museum: 2.5 mi
- North Alabama Railroad Museum: 3.2 mi
- Weeden House: 4.0 mi
- Constitution Hall Park: 4.1 mi
- Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Picnic site;Shelter;Toilets: 3.6 mi
- Pavilion 1: 5.5 mi
- Pavilion 7: 5.6 mi
- Pavilion 12: 5.6 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 12.3 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Marie's Garden: 5.9 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 10.8 mi
- Waterfall: 3.7 mi
- Little Nashville: 16.1 mi
- Talucah Beach: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of North Alabama Japanese Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bice Mountain | NE 50° | 536 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bice Mountain | NE 46° | 524 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bingham Mountain | ENE 74° | 519 m | 13.2 mi |
| Potato Knob | NE 48° | 510 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sharp Mountain | ENE 69° | 508 m | 10.5 mi |
| Monte Sano Mountain | ENE 78° | 494 m | 0.1 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SE 125° | 490 m | 2.5 mi |
| Round Top Mountain | SW 217° | 483 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owens Cross Roads 3S, 14 mi away.
- Christmas fern115 obs
- mayapple112 obs
- leafcup110 obs
- rue anemone93 obs
- White-tailed Deer92 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander89 obs
- Carolina buckthorn77 obs
- blue phlox76 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 node/4910958885
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