Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Pat Dick Hill stands 291 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Common, a peak 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 10 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Roanoke I.O.O.F. Cemetery: 0.3 mi
- Charles Schwab: 0.7 mi
- Roanoke: 1.3 mi
- Roanoke Water Tower: 1.3 mi
- Silver Spur Saloon: 1.3 mi
- Fairplay Park: 1.0 mi
- Roanoke Parks and Recreation: 1.1 mi
- Lakeview Park: 1.2 mi
- Austin Street Plaza: 1.3 mi
- Northeast Park: 1.4 mi
- Say What You See!: 4.2 mi
- Say What You See!: 4.2 mi
- ==: 4.2 mi
- Say What You See!: 4.2 mi
- The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 7.6 mi
- Moxley Manor: 9.8 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 9.9 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 10.0 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 10.7 mi
- Cowtown Cattlepen Maze: 15.7 mi
- Roanoke Engine 1: 1.3 mi
- Nash Farm Museum: 8.2 mi
- Grapevine Historic Museum: 8.5 mi
- Imagisphere Childrens Museum: 10.8 mi
- Birdville Historical Society: 12.6 mi
- Parr Park Butterfly Habitat: 7.6 mi
- Hall's Pumpkin Farm and Corn Maze: 8.2 mi
- Botanical Garden at Heritage Park: 8.2 mi
- O'Dell Pollinators Monarch Waystation: 8.4 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 9.4 mi
- Town Common: 0.2 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount Donwell: 5.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 8.6 mi
- Flower Mound: 8.7 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 11.6 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 16.2 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 16.4 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 21.4 mi
- Shayhan Point: 16.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 17.7 mi
- Lone Point: 18.7 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 22.3 mi
- Elizabethtown: 4.4 mi
- Sowers: 16.9 mi
- Camey Spur: 21.7 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 22.2 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 17.9 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 19.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dick Hill | WNW 301° | 291 m | 23.0 mi |
| Burton Knob | WSW 258° | 278 m | 23.8 mi |
| Blue Mound | WSW 250° | 264 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 4° | 253 m | 11.4 mi |
| Blue Mound | N 2° | 244 m | 19.7 mi |
| Long Point | N 0° | 234 m | 10.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | N 3° | 231 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Donwell | SSE 156° | 218 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:49 | 17:27 |
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 | 47 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 78 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth Alliance AP, 6 mi away.
- Common Pill Woodlouse85 obs
- Green Anole59 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle56 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel53 obs
- Eastern Bluebird47 obs
- Gulf Fritillary42 obs
- Northern Cardinal41 obs
- Monarch38 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/7406559375
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