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The Woodlands Community Garden

The Woodlands Community Garden from directly overhead

The Woodlands Community Garden is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Howard Mound stands 4 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sculpture Garden, a artwork 0.2 miles away. LEMON BAY/MYAKKA TRL passes 28 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Shell Point Retirement Community
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates26.50811, -81.98597

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rotary Park Environmental Center: 2.7 mi
  • Causeway Islands Park - Island A: 2.9 mi
  • Bowditch Point Park: 3.3 mi
  • Yacht Club Community Park: 3.3 mi
  • Camelot Park: 3.4 mi
Artworks: 34
  • Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Horse & Foal Statues: 0.9 mi
  • Amazing Bird: 4.5 mi
  • The Wizard: 6.8 mi
  • Romeo and Juliet: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Bunche Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Cape Coral Yacht club beach: 3.2 mi
  • Dixie Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Calusa Point: 5.5 mi
  • Lee County Dog Beach: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Gulf Coast Model Train Room: 1.0 mi
  • Smugglers Cove - adventure golf: 3.0 mi
  • Jungle Golf - adventure golf: 3.0 mi
  • David McCreary's House: 3.7 mi
  • Castle Golf: 6.8 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 8
  • Lynn Hall Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Stench Monument: 6.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Koreshan Laundry: 11.8 mi
  • Dinner Bell and the DIning Hall: 11.9 mi
Gardens: 6
Peaks: 4
  • Howard Mound: 16.9 mi
  • Faulkner Mound: 17.1 mi
  • John Quiet Mound: 23.0 mi
  • Cash Mound: 23.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Boca Grande Lighthouse: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Woodlands Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Howard MoundNW 323°4 m16.9 mi
Cash MoundNNW 330°4 m23.8 mi
Faulkner MoundWNW 299°3 m17.1 mi
John Quiet MoundNNW 330°2 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0919:40
June solstice06:3619:5120:25
September equinox07:1718:5519:26
December solstice07:1317:0617:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770757982838382787267
Precip in2.41.82.12.43.59.79.410.49.03.11.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Myers Page FLD AP, 9 mi away.

  • Brown Anole27 obs
  • cardinal airplant19 obs
  • Gopher Tortoise17 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper17 obs
  • Osprey16 obs
  • White Ibis13 obs
  • Brown Pelican12 obs
  • Anhinga12 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/1106871503

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