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Sylva Community Garden

Sylva Community Garden from directly overhead

Sylva Community Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 616 m. Waterrock Knob stands 1,904 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson County Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jackson County NC
Access
permit
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.37500, -83.22686

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charles E. Poteet Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bridge Park: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Mark Watson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bryson Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Fisher Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Gina Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Washington Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Lower Buff Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 14
Attractions: 12
Artworks: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Deep Creek Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 13.3 mi
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Chimneys Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
  • Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 20.4 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mouse Creek Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Wine Spring: 24.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Sylva Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterrock KnobNE 39°1,904 m7.9 mi
Browning KnobNE 41°1,888 m8.1 mi
Yellow FaceNE 39°1,833 m6.8 mi
Blackrock MountainNNE 31°1,751 m5.6 mi
Doubletop MountainE 90°1,634 m7.3 mi
Pinnacle BaldNNE 19°1,623 m4.7 mi
Perry TopN 8°1,540 m3.5 mi
Cowee BaldWSW 242°1,505 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:45
June solstice06:1920:1420:52
September equinox07:2218:5819:31
December solstice07:3916:4517:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147566471747368574640
Precip in4.94.64.64.74.35.15.04.34.33.24.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cullowhee, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pipevine Swallowtail17 obs
  • Groundhog14 obs
  • princess tree13 obs
  • Eastern Dobsonfly13 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
  • American pokeweed12 obs
  • lesser celandine12 obs
  • common jewelweed11 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1408708419

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