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Rose Garden

Rose Garden from directly overhead

Rose Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Neill Green, a park 0.1 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 0.4 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.29927, -120.66530

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • O'Neill Green: 0.1 mi
  • Dexter Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • Centennial Lawn: 0.3 mi
  • North Mountain Lawn: 0.5 mi
  • Santa Rosa Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Museums: 26
Attractions: 19
Historic sites: 17
Springs: 15
  • Sulphur Pot: 6.3 mi
  • McLain Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #1: 12.4 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #2: 12.8 mi
  • McNeil Spring: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 14
  • Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 1.4 mi
  • Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 2.5 mi
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 5.3 mi
  • Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve: 8.5 mi
  • El Moro Elfin Forest Preserve: 9.5 mi
Artworks: 13
Beaches: 12
  • Pirates Cove: 9.0 mi
  • Avila Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Big Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Islay Falls: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Road Runner Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
  • Rockrose: 11.8 mi
  • Willow Bluff: 11.8 mi
  • Meadow View: 11.9 mi
  • Holloway Garden: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 9.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chiches 2ENE 70°1,104 m18.8 mi
Black MountainENE 69°1,089 m18.7 mi
Hi MountainESE 101°969 m13.8 mi
Lopez MountainE 88°869 m4.9 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroE 99°865 m13.5 mi
Bald MountainESE 114°855 m10.0 mi
Gay MountainE 97°850 m5.8 mi
Tassajera PeakNNW 340°836 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4919:4420:21
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545557586164666767655954
Precip in5.14.93.91.40.50.10.10.00.10.82.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis Obispo Poly, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,046 obs
  • Turkey Vulture463 obs
  • Mule Deer421 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow383 obs
  • Pacific poison oak342 obs
  • coast live oak326 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk320 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird303 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/379478432

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