Rose Garden
Rose Garden is a garden in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Wilson Mountain stands 357 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Delano Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 265 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 265.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Delano Park: 0.1 mi
- Casa Grande Park: 0.5 mi
- Jesse Lewis Smith Park: 0.5 mi
- Courthouse Park: 0.7 mi
- Frazier Park: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.5 mi
- Chestnut Grove Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Harris Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 11.0 mi
- Helicopter: 17.7 mi
- Helicopter: 17.8 mi
- BE-4 Engine: 18.7 mi
- Bridge Street Carousel: 19.2 mi
- Beaver: 0.1 mi
- Dragonfly: 0.1 mi
- Rabbit: 0.1 mi
- Schooling fish: 0.1 mi
- Tortoise: 0.1 mi
- Fort Decatur Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
- Lest We Forget: 1.6 mi
- Veteran's Park Memorial Display: 11.0 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Tornado Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Fall Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Goat Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Watkins Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Egypt Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Melton Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Cook Museum of Natural Science: 0.6 mi
- Southern Railway Depot: 1.2 mi
- Gulf Museum: 14.2 mi
- Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 14.4 mi
- Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 14.4 mi
- Pavilion 10: 22.7 mi
- Pavilion 9: 22.7 mi
- Pavilion 11: 22.8 mi
- Pavilion 1: 22.8 mi
- Pavilion 12: 22.8 mi
- Betts Spring: 14.9 mi
- Betts Spring: 15.6 mi
- Brahan Spring: 22.8 mi
- Byrd Spring: 23.0 mi
- Big Spring: 24.1 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Mallard Creek Beach: 12.3 mi
- Talucah Beach: 14.4 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 18.1 mi
- Lacon: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Mountain | SE 144° | 357 m | 15.4 mi |
| Fairview Mountain | SSE 150° | 352 m | 15.8 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | SE 136° | 350 m | 16.3 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | NE 56° | 349 m | 17.0 mi |
| Negro Mountain | SSE 151° | 342 m | 16.7 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SSW 210° | 310 m | 17.3 mi |
| Flat Mountain | SSW 209° | 306 m | 17.7 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SW 216° | 303 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:03 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 4SE, 3 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron53 obs
- Pimpleback39 obs
- Purple Lilliput32 obs
- Yellow Sandshell29 obs
- Pink Heelsplitter25 obs
- Pink Papershell23 obs
- American Coot18 obs
- Fragile Papershell16 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/472712278
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