Riverbanks Botanical Garden
Riverbanks Botanical Garden is a garden in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Little Mountain stands 243 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kayaker's Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Saluda Factory Historic District: 0.2 mi
- 3 Rivers Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Rosamounda Percell-Butler Park: 1.0 mi
- Riverfront Park: 1.2 mi
- Douglas Reeves Community Park: 1.7 mi
- A Bridge to the Past: 0.3 mi
- Broad River: 1.3 mi
- Unknown Confederate Dead Monument: 1.5 mi
- Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument: 1.5 mi
- Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865: 1.5 mi
- Elephant Statue: 0.5 mi
- "The Spirit of the American Doughboy ": 2.2 mi
- Right Turn on White: 2.3 mi
- Milagros for Columbia: 2.5 mi
- Waterlines: 2.6 mi
- South Carolina State Museum: 2.0 mi
- EdVenture: 2.1 mi
- Columbia Museum of Art: 2.6 mi
- Mann-Simons Site: 2.7 mi
- Cayce Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- NOMA Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- DeBruhl-Marshall Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Anne's Garden: 2.8 mi
- Seibels Garden: 2.9 mi
- Hampton-Preston Mansion and Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Brice Hill: 5.2 mi
- Quinine Hill: 5.4 mi
- Nursery Hill: 7.3 mi
- Sand Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Mount Huckabee: 11.8 mi
- Picnic Pad #1: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Pad #4: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Pad #2: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Pad #3: 11.3 mi
- Yost Creek Trails & Farm: 8.6 mi
- Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Congaree National Park Wilderness: 22.5 mi
- Kayaker's Beach: 0.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.7 mi
- USC Smokestack: 3.1 mi
- SC State Fairgrounds: 4.0 mi
- Interstate 26 West Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Interstate 26 East Rest Area: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riverbanks Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain | WNW 303° | 243 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Huckabee | SW 232° | 137 m | 11.8 mi |
| Sand Mountain | S 171° | 125 m | 10.6 mi |
| Brice Hill | N 2° | 119 m | 5.2 mi |
| Quinine Hill | E 79° | 108 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cooks Mount | E 93° | 107 m | 24.8 mi |
| Haigs Hill | SSE 149° | 97 m | 16.4 mi |
| Nursery Hill | WNW 300° | 87 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia Univ OF SC, 3 mi away.
- Green Anole140 obs
- Great Blue Heron105 obs
- Gulf Fritillary85 obs
- Golden Silk Spider85 obs
- Canada Goose72 obs
- River Cooter65 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant63 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing61 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 way/150812480
Day trips start here
- Columbia · 2 mi
- Congaree National Park · 23 mi
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