The Finlay Gardens
The Finlay Gardens is a garden in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Mount Huckabee stands 137 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Anne Frank Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cain-Matthews-Tompkins House: 0.1 mi
- Amy V. Cockcroft Memorial Grave: 0.2 mi
- A.S. Salley House: 0.2 mi
- Maxcy Gregg Park: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Youth Center: 0.2 mi
- Gibbes Green: 0.2 mi
- Women's Quadrangle: 0.3 mi
- Maxcy Gregg Park: 0.3 mi
- The Fountain at Five Points: 0.3 mi
- The Horseshoe: 0.4 mi
- Cocky Mascot Statue: 0.3 mi
- Phi Beta Kappa: 0.3 mi
- Gamecock Mural: 0.4 mi
- Hootie and the Blowfish: 0.4 mi
- Rubble Without a Cause: 0.4 mi
- Anne Frank Center: 0.0 mi
- McKissick Museum: 0.3 mi
- World War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Family Home & Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Hampton-Preston House Museum: 0.8 mi
- McMaster Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- 1963 USC Desegregation Commemorative Garden: 0.3 mi
- President's House Garden: 0.4 mi
- Preston Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- South Caroliniana Garden: 0.4 mi
- Quinine Hill: 2.6 mi
- Brice Hill: 6.6 mi
- Green Hill Mound: 9.9 mi
- Sand Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Nursery Hill: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Pad #1: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Pad #4: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Pad #2: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Pad #3: 9.0 mi
- Yost Creek Trails & Farm: 11.8 mi
- Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Congaree National Park Wilderness: 19.7 mi
- USC Smokestack: 0.4 mi
- SC State Fairgrounds: 1.5 mi
- Kayaker's Beach: 3.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.1 mi
- Interstate 26 West Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Interstate 26 East Rest Area: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Finlay Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Huckabee | WSW 242° | 137 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sand Mountain | S 190° | 125 m | 10.0 mi |
| Brice Hill | NNW 332° | 119 m | 6.6 mi |
| Quinine Hill | NE 49° | 108 m | 2.6 mi |
| Cooks Mount | E 92° | 107 m | 21.5 mi |
| Haigs Hill | SSE 159° | 97 m | 14.4 mi |
| Nursery Hill | WNW 294° | 87 m | 10.5 mi |
| Dunns Mount | ENE 71° | 87 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:02 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia Univ OF SC, under a mile away.
- Green Anole197 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle153 obs
- American Robin130 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel106 obs
- Northern Mockingbird93 obs
- Western Honey Bee91 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk77 obs
- Gulf Fritillary73 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/1208333490
Day trips start here
- Columbia · 1 mi
- Congaree National Park · 20 mi
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