Summit Gardens
Summit Gardens is a garden in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 297 m. Sawnee Mountain stands 593 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Villa Gardens, a garden 0.1 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the South Fulton Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Villa Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Science Classes Garden: 2.4 mi
- Chinese Garden: 2.9 mi
- Little Nancy Creek Park Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- LCR Promise Garden: 4.7 mi
- Perimeter Park: 0.9 mi
- Perimeter Center East Park: 0.9 mi
- Perimeter Center East Park: 1.0 mi
- Msgr. John McDonough Courtyard: 1.1 mi
- Organic / Meditation Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Oglethorpe Museum of Art: 2.8 mi
- Atlanta History Center: 5.7 mi
- Mimosa Hall: 7.1 mi
- Teaching Museum North: 7.4 mi
- Smith Plantation: 7.6 mi
- Crypt of Civilization time capsule: 2.9 mi
- The Carillon of Lupton Hall: 2.9 mi
- Police Officer Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Marietta Paper Mills: 5.6 mi
- Marietta Paper Mills: 5.7 mi
- Equilibrista 90: 5.4 mi
- Split Monumental: 5.4 mi
- Persélidas Monumental: 5.4 mi
- Hombre Universal: 5.4 mi
- Atlanta Cyclorama: 5.7 mi
- Hispanic Latin America Shopping Mall: 4.0 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 5.8 mi
- Trail Sign - Great Blue Heron: 6.5 mi
- Trail Sign - Grasshopper: 6.5 mi
- Trail Sign - Monarch Butterfly: 6.5 mi
- Druid Hill: 7.4 mi
- Blackjack Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Sweat Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Stone Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Kennesaw Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Lynne & Charlie D'Huyvetter Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Friendship Forest Nature Preserve\: 9.1 mi
- Woodlands Garden: 9.2 mi
- Lullwater Conservation Garden: 9.5 mi
- Aarlington Beach: 3.1 mi
- BM Fort: 22.4 mi
- Bridgemill PuttPutt: 22.4 mi
- Bridgemill Beach: 22.4 mi
- Upper Tanyard Creek Swimming Beach: 23.4 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Water Wheel: 10.0 mi
- Allatoona Falls: 19.1 mi
- Anneewakee Falls: 24.8 mi
- East Cobb Park pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Mead Road Park: 10.6 mi
- Dat Fire Jerk Chicken Up Top Lounge: 12.1 mi
- Studdard Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- McDaniels Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Constitution: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Summit Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawnee Mountain | NNE 25° | 593 m | 24.5 mi |
| Kennesaw Mountain | WNW 287° | 543 m | 14.3 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SE 124° | 514 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sweat Mountain | NNW 328° | 500 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Kennesaw Mountain | WNW 285° | 488 m | 14.6 mi |
| Lost Mountain | W 276° | 462 m | 20.6 mi |
| Blackjack Mountain | WNW 298° | 418 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 286° | 396 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:55 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 4 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron88 obs
- White-tailed Deer64 obs
- Mallard63 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk58 obs
- southern magnolia56 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail55 obs
- Joro Spider55 obs
- Canada Goose50 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/583521985
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