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UNCG Garden

UNCG Garden from directly overhead

UNCG Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Shepherd Mountain stands 356 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Peabody Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Football Road passes 2.8 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates36.07148, -79.80643

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Peabody Park: 0.1 mi
  • Foust Park: 0.3 mi
  • Springdale Park: 0.4 mi
  • College Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Blandwood Gardens: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 52
Artworks: 50
Peaks: 10
  • Cane Creek Mountains: 22.4 mi
  • Caraway Mountain: 22.6 mi
  • Back Creek Mountain: 23.2 mi
  • Shepherd Mountain: 23.3 mi
  • Hedrick Mountain: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 5
  • The Big Chair: 20.2 mi
  • Railcar: 20.2 mi
  • Restored Caboose: 20.7 mi
  • Mad Town Tubing: 23.4 mi
  • Faith Rock: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Shelter #4: 21.0 mi
  • Shelter #2: 21.1 mi
  • Shelter #1: 21.1 mi
  • Shelter #3: 21.1 mi
  • Observation Platform: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Alamance County Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Davidson County I-85 Southbound Rest Area: 24.0 mi
  • Davidson County I-85 Northbount Rest Area: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shepherd MountainSSW 201°356 m23.3 mi
Caraway MountainSSW 192°350 m22.6 mi
Daves MountainS 183°332 m23.9 mi
Back Creek MountainS 186°331 m23.2 mi
Oakie MountainS 180°311 m24.0 mi
Cane Creek MountainsESE 112°301 m22.4 mi
Baux MountainWNW 296°299 m24.6 mi
Hedrick MountainS 181°294 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:31
June solstice06:0320:0220:40
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:2716:2917:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451606875807771605043
Precip in3.22.63.73.63.35.15.84.54.43.23.13.4

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

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,002 obs
  • American Robin523 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird311 obs
  • Northern Cardinal305 obs
  • white clover293 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia209 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle193 obs
  • common ivy190 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/571091889

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