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Smith Education Garden

Smith Education Garden from directly overhead

Smith Education Garden is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Sand Hill stands 5 m to the south-southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Gulfshore Playhouse

How to reach it

Coordinates26.14589, -81.79157

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • CraterStone296: 0.1 mi
  • The Ring: 0.2 mi
  • The Gateway: 0.3 mi
  • Flow: 0.3 mi
  • Wood Storks at Corkscrew: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Baker Park: 0.3 mi
  • River Park: 0.4 mi
  • Beatrice Branch Briggs Founders Park: 0.4 mi
  • Garden of Hope and Courage: 0.5 mi
  • Cambridge Perry Park: 0.5 mi
Beaches: 58
  • 1st Avenue South Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Central Avenue Beach: 1.0 mi
  • 2nd Avenue South Beach: 1.0 mi
  • 3rd Avenue South Beach: 1.0 mi
  • 1st Avenue North Beach: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 36
  • House of Siberians: 0.4 mi
  • Naples Pier: 1.4 mi
  • Lion: 1.6 mi
  • Zebra: 1.6 mi
  • Flamingo: 1.6 mi
Gardens: 18
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 8
  • Veterans Memorial Monument: 0.4 mi
  • You Are Not Forgotten: 0.4 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans of America Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Lager Head: 1.4 mi
  • Barron Collier Monument: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rodgers Waterfall: 1.0 mi
  • Nine & Steve Iser Waterfall: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Blue Hill: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillSSE 159°5 m6.1 mi
Blue HillSSE 152°0 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0819:39
June solstice06:3619:4920:23
September equinox07:1618:5519:25
December solstice07:1117:0717:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656870757982838382797268
Precip in1.71.41.92.52.87.47.88.98.63.91.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Naples Muni AP, 1 mi away.

  • Brown Anole187 obs
  • Brown Pelican176 obs
  • White Ibis166 obs
  • Snowy Egret106 obs
  • Muscovy Duck100 obs
  • Green Iguana95 obs
  • sea grape89 obs
  • Royal Tern89 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1469178005

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