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Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens from directly overhead

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is a park in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Morikami Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 8.8 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Palm Beach County

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates26.42857, -80.15316

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Governor Lawton Chiles Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • CCA Community Playground: 2.2 mi
  • Orchard View Park: 2.5 mi
  • Boca Tierra Park: 2.6 mi
  • Boca Tierra Park: 2.8 mi
Museums: 57
  • Morikami Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Sports Immortals Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Spady Cultural Heritage Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Old School Square Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Cason Cottage House Museum: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 36
Nature reserves: 33
  • Pondhawk Natural Area: 3.5 mi
  • Wakodahatchee Wetlands: 3.6 mi
  • Serenoa Glade Preserve: 5.3 mi
  • Daggerwing Nature Center: 5.6 mi
  • Blazing Star Reserve: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 32
Picnic sites: 6
  • Crescent: 11.1 mi
  • Daggerwing: 11.2 mi
  • Elfin: 11.2 mi
  • Grandiosa: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic area: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Inverrary Waterfalls: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monarch Hill Renewable Energy ParkS 184°70 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0219:32
June solstice06:2919:4320:17
September equinox07:1018:4819:18
December solstice07:0516:5917:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F656770737781828281787269
Precip in3.32.83.03.15.09.76.78.38.66.43.73.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loxahatchee NWR, 6 mi away.

  • Green Iguana178 obs
  • Brown Basilisk121 obs
  • Great Blue Heron104 obs
  • Green Heron87 obs
  • Pond Slider74 obs
  • Brown Anole66 obs
  • Anhinga63 obs
  • Northern Curly-tailed Lizard59 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/160462634

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