Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Hays Hills stands 180 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Park at Hickory Ridge, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 21 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
This garden was designed, installed and is maintained by the Hickory Ridge Butterfly Battalion.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rockwall Parks and Recreation
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- The Park at Hickory Ridge: 0.1 mi
- Flagstone Creek Estates HOA Park: 1.0 mi
- Yellowjacket Park: 1.4 mi
- Lake Pointe Park: 1.6 mi
- Leon Tuttle Athletic Complex: 1.8 mi
- Forney Jackrabbit: 10.7 mi
- Old Tank: 13.7 mi
- Soldier and Child: 13.7 mi
- Whirlwind: 17.0 mi
- Over the Moon: 17.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
- Dallas Master Gardeners: 9.7 mi
- Dallas Master Gardeners: 9.8 mi
- The Incredible Edible Garden: 17.0 mi
- Orchard & Vineyard: 17.0 mi
- Section of the Rockwall: 2.6 mi
- future abandoned house: 7.7 mi
- Cookston Court: 7.9 mi
- Royse City Calaboose: 8.0 mi
- SwCC Entrance Sign: 14.3 mi
- Rockwall County Historical Foundation Museum: 2.2 mi
- Sachse Historical Society: 10.7 mi
- Garland Landmark Museum: 11.9 mi
- Play Street Museum: 12.6 mi
- Light Crust Doughboys Hall of Fame Museum: 13.4 mi
- Flagstone Creek Estates HOA Nature Trail: 1.0 mi
- Caddo Creek Unit: 18.4 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 20.6 mi
- Great Trinity Forest Gateway and Horse Trail: 20.7 mi
- Day Use Sites: 9.7 mi
- Seeligston picnic area: 20.7 mi
- picnic tables: 21.0 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 23.0 mi
- The Corral: 24.2 mi
- Nickelville: 9.9 mi
- Lawson: 15.6 mi
- Biggers: 21.5 mi
- Breezy Hill: 14.5 mi
- Hays Hills: 19.0 mi
- McKamy Spring: 17.7 mi
- Muddy Creek: 17.7 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Screech Owl Reach: 23.5 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 8° | 180 m | 19.0 mi |
| Breezy Hill | SE 144° | 165 m | 14.5 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, 10 mi away.
- Green Anole18 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle18 obs
- Western Honey Bee17 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle12 obs
- Mallard11 obs
- wild carrot10 obs
- Northern Mockingbird9 obs
- Spotted Cucumber Beetle9 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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