Alvarez Community Garden
Alvarez Community Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Crawford Mountain stands 416 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is 10th St. Community Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Killeen Creators
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- First National Bank of Killeen: 0.4 mi
- Santa Fe Depot: 0.4 mi
- Bethel Primitive Baptist Church: 0.6 mi
- City of Killeen: 0.7 mi
- Avenue D School: 0.7 mi
- Lions Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
- Stewart Park: 0.7 mi
- Rotary Club Children's Park: 0.7 mi
- Conder Park: 0.7 mi
- Home and Hope Park: 1.0 mi
- Castle Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Elm Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Jackson Knob: 3.2 mi
- Post Oak Mountain: 3.3 mi
- 3rd Calvary Museum (Closed): 2.0 mi
- Showcase Room: 2.6 mi
- National Mounted Warrior Museum: 2.7 mi
- 1st cav War on Terror: 3.3 mi
- Bell County Museum: 15.9 mi
- 10th St. Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Kelly Flading Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Killeen Municipal Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Native Wildscape Garden (Bird, Bee, Butterfly & Bat Garden): 3.4 mi
- Salado Sculpture Garden: 16.0 mi
- Old Town Salado: 16.0 mi
- CCC Rock Tower: 20.4 mi
- Bird Blind: 20.4 mi
- CCC Plaque: 20.8 mi
- Historic Bell: 20.8 mi
- Warwick Springs: 15.9 mi
- Headquarters Springs: 16.0 mi
- Brushy Spring: 19.8 mi
- Adams Spring: 22.3 mi
- Brookhaven: 7.0 mi
- Bland: 13.8 mi
- Aiken: 15.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Bell County Southbound Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Bell County Northbound Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Wyndham Hill Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Silverstone Park Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Hartrick Bluff: 21.5 mi
- Temple Wildcat: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Alvarez Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Mountain | W 280° | 416 m | 17.7 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | W 260° | 401 m | 14.6 mi |
| Long Mountain | WNW 286° | 389 m | 14.4 mi |
| Herzog Mountain | WNW 286° | 382 m | 13.7 mi |
| Twin Mountains | WNW 287° | 381 m | 12.5 mi |
| Sevenmile Mountain | WSW 250° | 374 m | 9.4 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | W 277° | 372 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hog Mountain | W 275° | 370 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:57 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 49 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Killeen, 4 mi away.
- Gulf Coast Toad24 obs
- Plain-bellied Watersnake23 obs
- Rough Earthsnake17 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle13 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko9 obs
- House Finch9 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard8 obs
- tree privet8 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11956304264
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