Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is New Chicago Marsh, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- New Chicago Marsh: 0.7 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.8 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.8 mi
- Totem Pole: 1.0 mi
- Methanogen Polyptych: 1.0 mi
- Anything's Possible: 2.5 mi
- Power of One: 3.5 mi
- Touch: 3.5 mi
- Alviso Park: 1.1 mi
- Alviso Marina County Park: 1.3 mi
- Alviso Education Center: 1.5 mi
- Vista Montaña Park: 1.8 mi
- Vista Montaña Neighborhood Park: 1.8 mi
- The Port and Town of Alviso: 1.3 mi
- China Camp: 1.3 mi
- The Steamboat Jenny Lind Disaster: 1.3 mi
- Drawbridge: 2.0 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 3.3 mi
- 49ers Museum: 2.5 mi
- Intel Museum: 3.6 mi
- Moffett Field Historical Society Museum: 5.5 mi
- Moffett Field Model Railroad Club: 5.5 mi
- Joshua Hendy Iron Works Museum: 5.6 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 2.8 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 2.8 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 2.8 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.3 mi
- Flight Deck: 2.9 mi
- Rip Roaring Rapids: 3.0 mi
- Rue Le Dodge: 3.0 mi
- Orbit: 3.0 mi
- Flying Eagles: 3.0 mi
- PayPal Garden: 4.8 mi
- Forge Garden: 6.1 mi
- Charles Street Garden: 6.3 mi
- Mission Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Gardens at Palmdale: 7.0 mi
- Monument Peak Northwest: 6.0 mi
- Monument Peak: 6.0 mi
- Monument Peak North: 6.2 mi
- Mount Allison: 6.3 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 6.4 mi
- McClure Spring: 6.5 mi
- Spring source: 14.1 mi
- Congress Springs: 14.4 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 16.3 mi
- Travertine Springs: 17.0 mi
- Drawbridge: 1.9 mi
- Stokes Landing: 14.8 mi
- Lexington: 16.9 mi
- Russell City: 17.5 mi
- Alma: 18.0 mi
- Murietta Falls: 14.9 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Tehan Falls: 16.2 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 16.8 mi
- Niles beach: 9.9 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 17.2 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 17.4 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 17.4 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 22.6 mi
- The Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 12.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 16.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 16.6 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | E 91° | 1,169 m | 14.2 mi |
| Rose Peak | ENE 69° | 1,163 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Day | E 95° | 1,163 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Lewis | E 79° | 1,136 m | 15.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSW 207° | 979 m | 16.4 mi |
| The Peak | SSW 202° | 917 m | 16.4 mi |
| Antler Point | ESE 106° | 913 m | 14.5 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSW 212° | 892 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 5 mi away.
- Black-necked Stilt963 obs
- American Avocet784 obs
- Least Sandpiper772 obs
- Northern Shoveler554 obs
- American White Pelican502 obs
- Snowy Egret499 obs
- Greater Yellowlegs492 obs
- Great Egret415 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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