Butterfly garden
Butterfly garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Oak Hill stands 29 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tree Stump, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 6.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Tree Stump: 0.0 mi
- Tree Stump Mushroom: 0.0 mi
- Bucket: 0.3 mi
- Beer Can House: 0.7 mi
- Three Quarter Time: 1.1 mi
- Camp Logan: 0.1 mi
- Susan Hershey Helm: 0.2 mi
- St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church: 0.8 mi
- Bayou Bend: 1.0 mi
- 2007 - Ciscos Rios: 1.1 mi
- Camp Logan Park: 0.2 mi
- Jetall Naeem Choudhri Park: 0.3 mi
- Wanita Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Cottage Grove Park: 0.7 mi
- Nellie Keyes Park: 0.8 mi
- Houston Arboretum & Nature Center: 1.5 mi
- Granduca Garden: 1.9 mi
- Granduca Garden South: 1.9 mi
- River Oaks Garden Club: 2.0 mi
- MMSC Urban Garden: 2.1 mi
- Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Rienzi: 1.1 mi
- Rienzi: 1.1 mi
- Wetland Boardwalk: 0.2 mi
- Boardwalk Overlook: 0.3 mi
- Copper Statue: 2.5 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 3.8 mi
- Frog Wall: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 0.3 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 0.3 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 4.3 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Wortham Island Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 6.3 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 6.5 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 9.3 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 2.9 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 3.4 mi
- Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 20.1 mi
- Oak Hill: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butterfly garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | WSW 249° | 29 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:51 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:51 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 9 mi away.
- Gulf Fritillary1,285 obs
- Brown Anole1,116 obs
- Pond Slider1,040 obs
- American Bullfrog850 obs
- Banded Watersnake747 obs
- American beautyberry681 obs
- Green Anole614 obs
- firewheel560 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/13451301051
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