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The Marion And Wayland H. Cato Jr. Garden

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The Marion And Wayland H. Cato Jr. Garden is a garden in South Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Persimmon Hill stands 18 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rice, Rattlesnakes, and Rainwater, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway passes 2.9 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.78552, -79.93271

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks: 43
Gardens: 16
Beaches: 7
  • Sunrise Park Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Grice Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Grice Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Cummings Point: 4.8 mi
  • Capers Island Boneyard: 14.8 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Persimmon Hill: 18.8 mi
  • Raven Hill: 19.0 mi
  • Rosom Hill: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Marion And Wayland H. Cato Jr. Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Persimmon HillNNW 334°18 m18.8 mi
Rosom HillWNW 298°15 m23.6 mi
Raven HillWNW 288°5 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5919:32
June solstice06:1319:5520:32
September equinox07:0918:4619:18
December solstice07:1916:4117:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515359667479828178696054
Precip in2.62.63.03.02.64.85.16.15.24.12.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dwtn Charleston, under a mile away.

  • Boat-tailed Grackle261 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron228 obs
  • Green Anole228 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel197 obs
  • Brown Pelican196 obs
  • southern live oak185 obs
  • Spanish moss169 obs
  • Laughing Gull162 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/1377241104

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