Science Center Butterfly Garden
Science Center Butterfly Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Turkeycock Mountain stands 505 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Danville Science Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
110 named places within 25 miles
- Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Shelton Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.5 mi
- South Union Street Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- Danville Historic District: 0.6 mi
- Mountain Hill: 4.0 mi
- White Oak Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Soyar Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Perkins Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Judy Byrd Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Doyle Thomas Monument: 0.7 mi
- Welcome to Doyle Thomas Park Monument: 0.7 mi
- Doyle Thomas Park Welcome Monument: 0.8 mi
- Welcome to Doyle Thomas Park Monument: 0.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Danville Science Center: 0.1 mi
- Sutherlin Mansion: 1.0 mi
- Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History: 1.0 mi
- Langhorne House Trust: 1.1 mi
- AAF Tank Museum: 4.0 mi
- Botanical Garden: 1.0 mi
- Rain Garden: 1.0 mi
- Monarch Butterfly Garden & Waystation: 1.3 mi
- Curtis' Garden: 16.7 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 16.7 mi
- Leaksville Boating Access: 21.7 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 24.3 mi
- Main St. Plaza Pergula: 0.4 mi
- Union St. Overlook Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Family Fun Zone: 2.4 mi
- Shangri-La Stone Village: 21.8 mi
- Danville Welcome Center: 1.4 mi
- Prancing Horse: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Science Center Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkeycock Mountain | NW 315° | 505 m | 23.8 mi |
| Brier Mountain | NW 324° | 358 m | 21.3 mi |
| White Oak Mountain | NNW 345° | 350 m | 9.2 mi |
| Robertson Mountain | NW 309° | 343 m | 21.9 mi |
| Glady Fork Mountain | WNW 302° | 334 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNW 334° | 323 m | 24.7 mi |
| Stony Creek Mountain | S 184° | 286 m | 23.6 mi |
| Stills Mountain | W 274° | 281 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:02 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danville 2 SE, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Bluebird11 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug11 obs
- River Cooter9 obs
- House Finch9 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant9 obs
- Mallard8 obs
- Marbled Salamander8 obs
- box elder8 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.
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