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Horticultural Garden

Horticultural Garden from directly overhead

Horticultural Garden is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sun Seed, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 125 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.72179, -84.47407

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Sun Seed: 0.0 mi
  • Windows: 0.0 mi
  • Liberty Hyde Baily: 0.1 mi
  • Pegasus: 0.1 mi
  • Orpheus: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • 4H Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Foyer Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Clarence E. Lewis Landscape Arboretum: 0.2 mi
  • Vet Med Field: 0.3 mi
  • Benefactors Plaza: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Historic sites: 45
  • Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture: 0.7 mi
  • Saints' Rest: 0.8 mi
  • The Nation's Pioneer Land-Grant University: 0.9 mi
  • Women's Building Justin Morrill Hall: 0.9 mi
  • Botanical Laboratory: 0.9 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Lilac Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • TillUtopia: 2.1 mi
  • Poppin Fresh Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Foster Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Paradise Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Museums: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.1 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 4.1 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 4.6 mi
  • Woodbury Rest Area 830: 10.5 mi
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Spartan Village Picnic Shelter: 1.4 mi
  • Covered Picnic Table - Eagle Scout Project: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 6: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 15.3 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Teaspoon HillS 174°320 m16.8 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 207°296 m23.8 mi
Mount NethawayNE 52°267 m19.4 mi
Hog IslandENE 60°259 m20.3 mi
Bradshaw HillN 9°238 m23.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:50
June solstice06:0120:3721:20
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485969727164524030
Precip in2.11.61.73.64.43.83.43.43.23.12.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Lansing 4 S, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel533 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort413 obs
  • yellow trout lily393 obs
  • Mallard369 obs
  • Canada Goose342 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty342 obs
  • large white trillium275 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee244 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/156019859

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