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Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery

Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery from directly overhead

Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,049 m. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the south-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is The Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. New River Valley Byway passes 10.0 miles off.

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Coordinates36.41167, -81.65281

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 59
  • Walter & Annie Cook Memorial Park: 7.8 mi
  • Paddy Mountain Park: 8.4 mi
  • Green Valley Community Park: 8.8 mi
  • Bowie Seagrave Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
  • Back Street Park: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Nana Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 26
Artworks: 17
  • Doc Watson Statue: 13.4 mi
  • Hellbenders: 13.5 mi
  • Time and Honor: 13.5 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 13.5 mi
  • The Magic Mailbox: 13.5 mi
Museums: 13
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 10.2 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Children's Playhouse: 13.5 mi
  • Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 9
Nature reserves: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 13.7 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
  • Boiling Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Brig Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainSSW 209°1,697 m6.3 mi
Rich MountainSSW 207°1,633 m7.7 mi
The PeakSE 138°1,573 m0.8 mi
Bluff MountainESE 108°1,542 m4.7 mi
Three Top MountainENE 77°1,530 m3.9 mi
Old Field BaldS 169°1,506 m4.4 mi
Bald MountainESE 120°1,502 m6.0 mi
Pine Orchard KnobS 176°1,490 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1020:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Allegheny stonecrop6 obs
  • Carolina hemlock5 obs
  • Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander4 obs
  • Eastern Newt4 obs
  • colt's-foot4 obs
  • American Robin3 obs
  • Common Garter Snake3 obs
  • wild yam3 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1195319130

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