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Davis Arboretum

Davis Arboretum from directly overhead

Davis Arboretum is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Doss Mountain stands 296 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Carnivorous Plant Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.59467, -85.48356

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Garden of Memory: 0.2 mi
  • Samford Pool: 0.4 mi
  • Student Center Greenspace: 0.5 mi
  • Agricultural Heritage Park: 0.5 mi
  • RBD Library Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 11
Historic sites: 10
  • The Auburn Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • WWI Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Monument: 1.1 mi
  • Physical Plant/Enginee's Office (Ghost Structure): 14.9 mi
  • Cadet House (Ghost Structure): 14.9 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 3
  • Carnivorous Plant Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Anne Terrell Basore Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Baxley Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Doss Mountain: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Taska Recreation Area: 12.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doss MountainNNW 331°296 m21.2 mi
Baxley HillWSW 254°148 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:54
June solstice05:3619:1719:53
September equinox06:3118:0818:40
December solstice06:4116:0316:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465056637177807975645448
Precip in5.35.15.74.83.95.74.84.33.53.44.25.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn No.2, 1 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel781 obs
  • American Robin449 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird445 obs
  • Pond Slider416 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle286 obs
  • white clover268 obs
  • southern magnolia243 obs
  • Northern Cardinal225 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/185004490

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