Sophie's Garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Sophie's Garden is a garden in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Coston Hill stands 141 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sailing Cactus, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Barbour County Governor's Trail passes 28 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Barbour County Governor's Trail
38 named places within 25 miles
- Johhny Henderson Family Park: 1.8 mi
- Daisy Gibson Park: 3.9 mi
- Westside Park: 4.4 mi
- Ouida Street Park: 4.9 mi
- Peavy Park: 5.5 mi
- Bell UH-1D Huey: 1.9 mi
- Bell UH-1C Huey: 7.5 mi
- Bell UH-1H Huey: 10.5 mi
- Bell AH-1F Cobra: 15.4 mi
- The Depot Museum: 4.3 mi
- United States Army Aviation Museum: 10.2 mi
- Samson Log Cabin Museum: 20.2 mi
- Cactus art: 0.0 mi
- Dale County Council of Arts and Humanities: 15.1 mi
- Tornado Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Boll Weevil Monument: 4.2 mi
- Sailing Cactus: 0.0 mi
- Dale County Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Coston Hill: 18.7 mi
- Barefoot Spring: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sophie's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coston Hill | NW 311° | 141 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:16 | 19:52 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:10 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:39 | 16:09 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Enterprise 4 W, 5 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal67 obs
- House Finch58 obs
- Green Anole30 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail24 obs
- Chipping Sparrow22 obs
- Mourning Dove21 obs
- Bluegill21 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel20 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 way/676433070
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