Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Hays Hills stands 180 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockwall County Historical Foundation Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 21 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Harry Myers Park: 0.1 mi
- Leon Tuttle Athletic Complex: 0.5 mi
- Lofland Park: 0.7 mi
- Gloria Williams Park: 0.8 mi
- Yellowjacket Park: 1.4 mi
- Blackland Prarie Restoration: 0.2 mi
- Rockwall County: 0.8 mi
- Rockwall County: 0.8 mi
- East Trinity Lodge No. 157, A.F. & A.M.: 0.9 mi
- First Baptist Church of Rockwall: 0.9 mi
- Forney Jackrabbit: 12.6 mi
- Whirlwind: 15.6 mi
- Over the Moon: 15.6 mi
- Endless: 15.6 mi
- One of a Kind: 15.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
- Dallas Master Gardeners: 10.0 mi
- Dallas Master Gardeners: 10.1 mi
- Orchard & Vineyard: 17.1 mi
- The Incredible Edible Garden: 17.1 mi
- Section of the Rockwall: 0.8 mi
- Cookston Court: 7.3 mi
- Royse City Calaboose: 7.4 mi
- future abandoned house: 8.7 mi
- Southfork Ranch: 12.6 mi
- Rockwall County Historical Foundation Museum: 0.1 mi
- Sachse Historical Society: 9.2 mi
- Play Street Museum: 10.9 mi
- Garland Landmark Museum: 11.2 mi
- Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum: 14.1 mi
- Flagstone Creek Estates HOA Nature Trail: 2.2 mi
- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary: 18.7 mi
- Caddo Creek Unit: 18.9 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Day Use Sites: 7.7 mi
- Seeligston picnic area: 18.5 mi
- picnic tables: 18.9 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 21.1 mi
- The Corral: 22.3 mi
- Nickelville: 7.8 mi
- Lawson: 17.2 mi
- Biggers: 19.3 mi
- Parris: 24.2 mi
- Breezy Hill: 16.6 mi
- Hays Hills: 17.0 mi
- Muddy Creek: 15.8 mi
- McKamy Spring: 16.8 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Screech Owl Reach: 24.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hays Hills | N 11° | 180 m | 17.0 mi |
| Breezy Hill | SSE 146° | 165 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:02 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:46 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lavon DAM, 8 mi away.
- Mallard79 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle45 obs
- Osage-orange40 obs
- eastern redcedar36 obs
- eastern poison ivy35 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel30 obs
- Western Honey Bee30 obs
- Northern Mockingbird29 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.
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