- Elevation, modelled
- 662 m
- Tallest summit within 7.7 miles
- Stony Bald1,363 m · 7.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Blue Ridge Parkway0.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:50local time
- Coordinates
- 35.4953, -82.6092
Plants of Promise Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled 662 m. Stony Bald stands 1,363 m to the west-southwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonsai Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Plants of Promise Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Bald | WSW 239° | 1,363 m | 7.6 mi |
| Fork Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,221 m | 6.2 mi |
| Shell Knob | WSW 242° | 1,221 m | 6.2 mi |
| Ferrin Knob | SW 236° | 1,211 m | 4.4 mi |
| Young Pisgah Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,197 m | 5.3 mi |
| Green Top | WSW 242° | 1,146 m | 3.7 mi |
| Rich Knob | WSW 239° | 1,128 m | 3.9 mi |
| Billy Cove Knob | WSW 252° | 1,126 m | 3.3 mi |
- 0.7 mi off the Blue Ridge ParkwayNational
- 11.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.1 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic BywayNational
Overlooks nearby
- French Broad Overlook · 1 mi
- French Broad River Overlook · 1 mi
- Sleepy Gap Parking · 2 mi
- View Chesnut Cove · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Carolina Arboretum: 0.2 mi
- Bent Creek River Park: 1.0 mi
- Powhatan Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Beaverdam Wildlife Restoration Area: 2.1 mi
- Hominy Valley Park: 4.1 mi
- Glenn Bald: 0.8 mi
- LR 606: 1.2 mi
- Lance Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Wolf Knob: 1.7 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.0 mi
- Bee Branch Falls: 8.0 mi
- Slate Rock Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 8.6 mi
- Bradley Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Lower Thompson Ridge Falls: 10.6 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 4.4 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 6.8 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 7.4 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 7.6 mi
- Anne Penland: 7.6 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 0.1 mi
- Miniature Railroad: 0.1 mi
- Stream Garden: 0.2 mi
- Forest Meadow: 0.2 mi
- Rhododendron Collection: 0.2 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 4.4 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 4.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 5.4 mi
- Ironland: 7.5 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.5 mi
- Statue of Diana: 4.6 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 6.0 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 6.1 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 6.1 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 6.2 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 7.6 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 7.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 7.6 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 7.7 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 7.7 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 6.8 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 13.4 mi
- High Rocks: 16.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 20.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 10.0 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 15.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 15.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 18.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 23.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 24.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 9.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 6.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville 8 SSW, under a mile away.
- Eastern Fence Lizard253 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink243 obs
- Eastern Newt203 obs
- fan clubmoss194 obs
- fire pink184 obs
- Carolina sweetshrub178 obs
- mountain laurel169 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail169 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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