Callaway Gardens
Callaway Gardens is a park in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 259 m. Dowdell Knob stands 423 m to the east, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Interstate 185 passes 7.0 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Interstate 185
- 9.0 mi off the Meriwether-Pike Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Mountain Playground: 2.0 mi
- Charles Moultrie Park: 4.1 mi
- Mack Miller Park: 4.5 mi
- Harris County Soccer Complex: 4.5 mi
- Little White House Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- Tip Top: 2.4 mi
- Oak Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Dowdell Knob: 6.3 mi
- German Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Williams Mountain: 15.0 mi
- Jenkins General Store (early 20th century): 12.5 mi
- The Odessadale Elementary School and Black Self Help: 12.9 mi
- Callaway Memorial Tower: 16.9 mi
- Horace King 1807-1885: 17.1 mi
- Valley Monument Co.: 20.2 mi
- Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center: 0.1 mi
- Callaway Garden Restaurant: 0.5 mi
- The Walking Dead - last Negan vs Rick fight location (tree on hill top) S08E16: 17.1 mi
- The Walking Dead - Saviors’ outpost filming location: 19.6 mi
- Chipeley Historical Center: 2.3 mi
- Legacy Exhibit: 10.3 mi
- F. D. Roosevelt Museum: 10.3 mi
- Fairfax Depot: 19.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- WJSP Picnic Site: 8.9 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 85 North: 18.6 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - Columbus: 19.2 mi
- Alabama Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
- Callaway Gardens Robin Lake Beach: 0.8 mi
- Yellow Jacket Beach: 22.0 mi
- Dripping Rocks: 21.1 mi
- Sprewell Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Laurel Springs: 1.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.5 mi
- Whispering Hills Memorial Nature Preserve: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Callaway Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dowdell Knob | E 85° | 423 m | 6.3 mi |
| Betts Mountain | ENE 70° | 395 m | 17.3 mi |
| Oak Mountain | SE 145° | 380 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ENE 73° | 365 m | 21.9 mi |
| Spring Mountain | ENE 77° | 358 m | 21.4 mi |
| Huckleberry Pinnacle | ENE 74° | 353 m | 17.7 mi |
| The Top | ENE 72° | 350 m | 22.1 mi |
| Tip Top | SSW 205° | 335 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:19 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:15 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 17:00 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Grange 1N, 18 mi away.
- Pond Slider31 obs
- mountain laurel26 obs
- Little Brown Jugs24 obs
- Green Anole20 obs
- Spiny Softshell20 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail19 obs
- American beautyberry18 obs
- rattlesnakeweed18 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.
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