Joyful Garden

Joyful Garden: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Joyful Garden

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Joyful Garden — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.58892, -120.47182. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Joyful Garden

• Yakima Area Arboretum · park · Yakima · ~0 km · Must-see
• Yakima Sportsman State Park · park · Yakima · ~1 km · Must-see
• Yakima Valley Museum · museum · Yakima · ~6 km · Must-see
• Saint Joseph's Mission · church · Yakima · ~29 km · Must-see
• Teapot Dome Gas Station · attraction · Yakima · ~32 km · Must-see
• Yakima Ridge · viewpoint · Yakima · ~38 km · Must-see
• Umtanum Ridge · viewpoint · Kittitas · ~38 km · Must-see
• Fort Simcoe State Park · fort · Yakima · ~49 km · Must-see
• Priest Rapids Lake · lake · Grant · ~56 km · Must-see
• Ahtanum State Forest · sanctuary · Yakima · ~61 km · Must-see
• Tieton Dam · lake · Yakima · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lookout Summit · viewpoint · Benton · ~64 km · Must-see
• Whiskey Dick Mountain · viewpoint · Kittitas · ~65 km · Must-see
• Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility · sanctuary · Kittitas · ~65 km · Must-see
• Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park · sanctuary · Kittitas · ~66 km · Must-see
• Rimrock Lake · lake · Yakima · ~69 km · Must-see
• Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies · attraction · Grant · ~71 km · Must-see
• Central Washington State Fair · park · Yakima · ~1 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Joyful Garden

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Joyful Garden

• Ahtanum State Forest · sanctuary · Yakima · ~61 km · Must-see
• Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility · sanctuary · Kittitas · ~65 km · Must-see
• Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park · sanctuary · Kittitas · ~66 km · Must-see
• Arid Lands Ecology Reserve · sanctuary · Grant · ~82 km · Must-see
• William O. Douglas Wilderness · sanctuary · Yakima · ~85 km · Must-see
• Hanford Reach National Monument · sanctuary · Benton · ~90 km · Must-see
• Brooks Memorial State Park · sanctuary · Klickitat · ~92 km · Must-see
• Goat Rocks Wilderness · sanctuary · Yakima · ~92 km · Must-see
• Squilchuck State Park · sanctuary · Chelan · ~101 km · Must-see
• Norse Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Yakima · ~102 km · Must-see

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