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The B-Ball Garden

The B-Ball Garden from directly overhead

The B-Ball Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. King Mountain stands 1,601 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Watch Point, a peak 0.7 miles away. Myrtle Creek-Canyonville runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
The Johnsons
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97032, -123.17368

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Watch Point: 0.7 mi
  • Bland Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Beals Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Canyon Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Tellurium Peak: 8.6 mi
Parks
  • Herbert's Pond Park: 4.9 mi
  • Canyonville Park (Pickett Park): 5.0 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 6.0 mi
  • Canyon Creek Forest State Park: 6.2 mi
  • Stanton Park: 6.2 mi
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Camel Rides: 17.4 mi
  • Australia: 17.4 mi
  • Cheetah Spot: 17.4 mi
  • Golden State Heritage Site: 21.5 mi
  • Golden Church (historical): 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Shadow Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Cavitt Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
  • South Umpqua Historical Society: 6.2 mi
  • Floed-Lane House Museum: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Seep: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of The B-Ball Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King MountainS 189°1,601 m19.5 mi
Cedar Springs MountainS 170°1,552 m14.6 mi
Green MountainS 178°1,478 m15.1 mi
Richter MountainSE 141°1,456 m18.3 mi
Red MountainSSE 149°1,449 m15.9 mi
Threehorn MountainSE 134°1,418 m18.9 mi
Quartzmill PeakS 188°1,375 m16.4 mi
Deadman MountainNE 55°1,371 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:25
June solstice05:3520:1320:56
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4115:5616:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454750546065727166574944
Precip in4.73.43.42.51.91.00.30.30.72.24.66.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riddle, 9 mi away.

  • Coffee Fern6 obs
  • Emma's Dancer6 obs
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx5 obs
  • Bison Snaketail5 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog3 obs
  • Buckbrush3 obs
  • Pacific madrone3 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/1465220866

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