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Sarah P. Duke Gardens

Sarah P. Duke Gardens from directly overhead

Sarah P. Duke Gardens is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is James B. Duke, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.00193, -78.93403

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • James B. Duke: 0.3 mi
  • B.N. Duke: 1.2 mi
  • Pyramid Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Corner of Watt's and Trinity: 1.3 mi
  • Bug Walk: 1.3 mi
Parks
  • Medical Center Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Harrington Quad: 0.4 mi
  • LSRC Quad: 0.4 mi
  • Putman quad: 0.5 mi
  • Old West Durham Garden: 0.7 mi
Attractions: 49
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 41
  • Veteran's Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Major the bull: 1.8 mi
  • Turtle: 1.8 mi
  • Cardinal: 1.9 mi
  • Unity Monument: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Huckleberry Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Blackwood Mountain: 8.6 mi
Gardens: 32
Museums: 29
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 4.5 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 18.1 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 11.4 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 11.5 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 13.4 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 3.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainWNW 292°261 m11.3 mi
Glenns MountainN 6°244 m18.0 mi
Red MountainN 4°243 m16.5 mi
Pickards MountainWSW 258°237 m12.9 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWNW 293°234 m10.9 mi
Bald MountainW 260°232 m10.1 mi
Terrells MountainSW 234°232 m16.1 mi
Scarlett HillW 280°228 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0019:5820:36
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2316:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787670594942
Precip in4.02.94.53.73.85.24.25.24.73.43.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole334 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee306 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel289 obs
  • Great Blue Heron267 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail263 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper223 obs
  • American Robin217 obs
  • Mallard216 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/24493242

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