Sensory Garden
Sensory Garden is a garden in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Big Knob stands 270 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Grace Street Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Grace Street Park
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
108 named places within 25 miles
- Grace Street Park: 0.1 mi
- Greenwood City Garden: 1.1 mi
- West Cambridge Park: 1.2 mi
- Magnolia Park: 1.6 mi
- Greenwood Civic Center: 1.8 mi
- Confederate Monument: 1.7 mi
- Mathews Mill Village World War II Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Payne Institute Monument: 5.7 mi
- Old Rock House: 9.3 mi
- Star Fort: 9.7 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Prayer Garden: 1.3 mi
- Uptown Market Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
- Oak / Monument Pollinator Garden: 1.6 mi
- Main Street Pollinator Garden: 1.7 mi
- Marion Avenue Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- The Museum of Greenwood, South Carolina: 1.4 mi
- The Railroad Historical Center: 2.0 mi
- Abbeville County Museum: 12.1 mi
- Burt-Stark Mansion: 12.4 mi
- Laurens County Museum: 21.7 mi
- Parsons Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 15.9 mi
- Trisha Mountain: 18.8 mi
- Faulkner Mountain: 19.9 mi
- Boles Mountain: 20.0 mi
- Rebecca At The Well: 5.9 mi
- Downtown Mural: 8.6 mi
- Queen of Hearts: 15.1 mi
- William Moffatt Grier: 15.2 mi
- The Great Blue Heron: 24.2 mi
- Memorial A-60 Battle Tank: 8.8 mi
- Belfast Plantation: 19.8 mi
- Diamond Hill Mine: 23.6 mi
- Harris Springs: 11.5 mi
- Powder Spring: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sensory Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | N 7° | 270 m | 25.0 mi |
| Parsons Mountain | SW 232° | 249 m | 14.3 mi |
| Faulkner Mountain | SSE 149° | 195 m | 19.9 mi |
| Trisha Mountain | SE 145° | 194 m | 18.8 mi |
| Boles Mountain | SSE 158° | 194 m | 20.0 mi |
| Laurel Hill | SW 216° | 134 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:07 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 53 | 46 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenwood, under a mile away.
- Green Anole16 obs
- Mallard14 obs
- Ringless Honey Mushroom13 obs
- Great Blue Heron10 obs
- Canada Goose8 obs
- Gulf Fritillary8 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper8 obs
- Northern Mockingbird7 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 node/8443733162
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