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Pollinator Garden

Pollinator Garden from directly overhead

Pollinator Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 641 m. The Pinnacle stands 1,148 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is The Park at Flat Rock, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.28933, -82.43545

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Park at Flat Rock: 0.0 mi
  • Gatewate Park: 1.9 mi
  • Jackson Park: 2.0 mi
  • Tom's Park: 2.2 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Lake Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Edge of the World Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Powerhouse Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Briefcase Falls: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 47
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 5.4 mi
  • Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 7.2 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 7.3 mi
  • Edneyville High School Monument: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Native Azalea Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Plants of Promise Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Forest Meadow: 17.3 mi
  • Rhododendron Collection: 17.3 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 17.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Orange Bear: 17.0 mi
  • Statue of Diana: 18.4 mi
  • Maria: 19.5 mi
  • Globe: 20.7 mi
  • Foundation Graffiti Park: 21.1 mi
Museums: 18
Attractions: 16
  • Historical Downtown: 2.3 mi
  • Southern X793: 2.5 mi
  • Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 4.6 mi
  • Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 7.5 mi
  • WNC Agricultural Center: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • Lenox Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Pollinator Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PinnacleSW 235°1,148 m7.2 mi
Snaggy MountainSW 228°1,027 m6.2 mi
Rich MountainSW 224°1,002 m6.1 mi
Ann MountainSW 223°990 m4.8 mi
Hammond MountainSW 217°963 m5.2 mi
Jumpoff MountainWNW 288°953 m5.2 mi
Rush MountainSSW 207°943 m3.9 mi
Horsepen MountainSW 230°928 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:42
June solstice06:1620:1120:48
September equinox07:1818:5519:28
December solstice07:3516:4317:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147566471747367574740
Precip in5.34.34.94.84.44.95.85.75.04.14.65.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hendersonville 1 NE, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • pink lady's slipper50 obs
  • common jewelweed50 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail41 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle35 obs
  • cardinal flower27 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain27 obs
  • eastern hemlock26 obs
  • striped wintergreen26 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/1515708752

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