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Science Classes Garden

Science Classes Garden from directly overhead

Science Classes Garden is a garden in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 312 m. Sawnee Mountain stands 593 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Huntley Hills Park, a park 0.4 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chamblee High School
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.89763, -84.30525
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Huntley Hills Park: 0.4 mi
  • Keswick Park: 0.6 mi
  • Keswick Park: 0.7 mi
  • Train play ground: 1.0 mi
  • Clairmont Park: 1.2 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Attractions: 41
  • Hispanic Latin America Shopping Mall: 2.3 mi
  • Trail Sign - Great Blue Heron: 6.0 mi
  • Trail Sign - Grasshopper: 6.0 mi
  • Trail Sign - Monarch Butterfly: 6.0 mi
  • Trail Sign - Pillbug: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 20
Nature reserves: 14
Beaches: 5
  • Aarlington Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Swan Lake Estates Beach: 22.6 mi
  • BM Fort: 24.5 mi
  • Bridgemill PuttPutt: 24.6 mi
  • Bridgemill Beach: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawnee MountainNNE 19°593 m24.9 mi
Kennesaw MountainWNW 289°543 m16.6 mi
Stone MountainSE 125°514 m11.1 mi
Sweat MountainNW 324°500 m14.5 mi
Little Kennesaw MountainWNW 287°488 m16.9 mi
Lost MountainW 279°462 m22.8 mi
Blackjack MountainWNW 299°418 m12.3 mi
Pine MountainWNW 288°396 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:49
June solstice06:2720:1520:52
September equinox07:2619:0319:36
December solstice07:3916:5517:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616976807973625245
Precip in4.64.54.73.93.84.74.74.54.13.44.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron83 obs
  • Mallard59 obs
  • White-tailed Deer57 obs
  • Joro Spider57 obs
  • Canada Goose42 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk41 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail37 obs
  • blue mistflower36 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/1409344719

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