Sunshine Garden
Sunshine Garden is a garden in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Buzzard Rocks stands 388 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Broughton Nature Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Covered Bridge Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 2.2 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 18.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- James-Fisher Park: 0.6 mi
- Oak Grove Recreation Center: 0.7 mi
- WASCO Park: 1.0 mi
- Jackson Hill Park: 1.4 mi
- Indian Acres Park: 1.6 mi
- Schmincke House: 2.0 mi
- Camp Tucker: 2.1 mi
- Muskingum River Pakrway - 2004 Lock No. 2 Restoration: 2.1 mi
- Veteran's Wall Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Artillery: 2.2 mi
- Hunter Hill: 5.3 mi
- Sharktooth Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Daylight Hill: 8.3 mi
- Fox Point: 10.0 mi
- Kinderhook Hill: 12.7 mi
- Pioneer Carving: 2.1 mi
- Frontiersman Carving: 2.1 mi
- Wakefield Hotel Mural: 2.6 mi
- Putnam Mascot Carving: 2.7 mi
- The Glass Press, Inc. Established 1994: 2.7 mi
- Grindstone - Washington Co. Quarry: 0.6 mi
- Rufus Putnam House: 2.3 mi
- Valley Gem Sternwheeler: 2.4 mi
- Hidden Marietta Tour Company: 2.8 mi
- C2473: 3.0 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 0.4 mi
- Rudolph Farms: 0.7 mi
- Kroger Wetlands: 3.4 mi
- McDonough Wildlife Refuge: 9.7 mi
- Boord State Nature Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Marietta Discovery Garden: 2.8 mi
- Fort Street Pollinator Habitat: 2.9 mi
- Marietta Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Harvest of Hope: 3.1 mi
- Armstrong Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Washington Interstate 77 NB: 1.1 mi
- West Virginia Welcome Center: 4.5 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 22.8 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 22.9 mi
- Cedarville Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Rock Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Quincy Park: 13.9 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunshine Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzard Rocks | SE 143° | 388 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mulberry Knob | NE 48° | 370 m | 24.7 mi |
| High Hill | N 1° | 360 m | 23.3 mi |
| Coffee Knob | NNW 346° | 358 m | 19.2 mi |
| Browns Knob | NNW 334° | 351 m | 21.8 mi |
| Kinderhook Hill | ESE 102° | 338 m | 12.7 mi |
| Haystack Hill | ENE 75° | 334 m | 14.2 mi |
| Dodd Hill | ENE 64° | 334 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marietta Wwtp, 3 mi away.
- Common Whitetail41 obs
- Variable Dancer25 obs
- Familiar Bluet21 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk19 obs
- Orange Bluet18 obs
- Unicorn Clubtail17 obs
- Fragile Forktail17 obs
- Eastern Amberwing16 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/1494106307
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