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Paradise Garden

Paradise Garden from directly overhead

Paradise Garden is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Shishi-odoshi, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 8.9 miles off.

Kamakura and early Muromachi Periods, 13-14th Centuries. An earthly representation of the Pure Land, or Buddhist heaven. Such gardens incorporated the same elements as Shinden gardens, but on a smaller scale.

How to reach it

Coordinates26.42706, -80.15821

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Museums: 57
Attractions: 41
Nature reserves: 34
  • Pondhawk Natural Area: 3.6 mi
  • Wakodahatchee Wetlands: 3.7 mi
  • Daggerwing Nature Center: 5.3 mi
  • Serenoa Glade Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Blazing Star Reserve: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 32
Picnic sites: 6
  • Crescent: 11.0 mi
  • Daggerwing: 11.0 mi
  • Elfin: 11.1 mi
  • Grandiosa: 11.5 mi
  • Picnic area: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Inverrary Waterfalls: 18.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Paradise Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monarch Hill Renewable Energy ParkS 182°70 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0219:32
June solstice06:2919:4320:17
September equinox07:1018:4819:19
December solstice07:0516:5917:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770737781828281787269
Precip in3.32.83.03.15.09.76.78.38.66.43.73.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loxahatchee NWR, 6 mi away.

  • Green Iguana179 obs
  • Brown Basilisk119 obs
  • Great Blue Heron101 obs
  • Green Heron87 obs
  • Pond Slider74 obs
  • Brown Anole65 obs
  • Anhinga61 obs
  • Northern Curly-tailed Lizard56 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1084449988

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