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Rainforest Garden

Rainforest Garden from directly overhead

Rainforest Garden is a garden in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Koi Pond Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The Rainforest Garden at the Creation Museum is an area replete with tropical plants with large leaves of banana trees, elephant ears and more. In addition, also a large T. rex topiary hidden in this garden.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.08500, -84.78276

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Big Boy: 5.3 mi
  • Saber-Tooth Cat: 7.3 mi
  • Big Boy: 8.9 mi
  • Big Boy: 10.0 mi
  • Big Boy: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 52
Museums: 41
  • Creation Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Dearborn County Historical Society: 3.7 mi
  • Delhi Historical Society: 8.9 mi
  • Price Hill Historical Society: 11.4 mi
  • The German Heritage Museum: 11.5 mi
Peaks: 40
Nature reserves: 32
Picnic sites: 24
  • Columbia Terrace: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Bend: 2.8 mi
  • Area 33, Maple Ridge: 11.3 mi
  • Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 11.6 mi
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 24.4 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 6.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNE 37°319 m16.5 mi
Elkhorn HillNNW 343°308 m19.4 mi
English HillNNW 339°304 m20.6 mi
Gobblers Knob HillNNW 335°301 m19.9 mi
Cobbs HillNNW 343°299 m21.3 mi
Wewe HillNNW 327°299 m21.3 mi
South Gate HillNNW 332°297 m19.8 mi
Long Hollow HillNNW 331°296 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1619:51
June solstice06:1420:2921:09
September equinox07:2719:0319:38
December solstice07:5516:3817:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544546473767568574637
Precip in3.63.14.45.05.14.84.13.33.33.53.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati-fernbank, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch14 obs
  • Mallard8 obs
  • Northern Cardinal8 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird7 obs
  • Common Garter Snake7 obs
  • Central Ratsnake7 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird6 obs
  • American Robin6 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1082589039

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