Cactus Garden
Cactus Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Tater Nob stands 344 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Trial Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 5.9 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Raymond C. Morrison: 0.1 mi
- Dotty Woodson, PhD Devoted Cokuner Sine 1973: 0.2 mi
- Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Headquarters: 0.3 mi
- Arbor Day Grove: 0.4 mi
- Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show: 0.6 mi
- Oval Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Republic of Texas Garden: 0.1 mi
- Lower Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
- Japanese Tea House: 0.2 mi
- Livestock Barns: 0.5 mi
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden: 0.3 mi
- Will Rogers Memorial Center: 0.6 mi
- Trinity trails: 0.7 mi
- Thomas Place Park: 0.8 mi
- Forest Park: 0.9 mi
- Recess: 1.7 mi
- Jim Finley's Pump Jack: 1.7 mi
- Horned Frog Statue: 1.8 mi
- Backyard Princesses: 1.9 mi
- Backyard Princesses: 1.9 mi
- Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center: 0.4 mi
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas: 0.5 mi
- National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame: 0.5 mi
- Cattle Raisers Museum: 0.6 mi
- Van Zandt Cottage: 0.8 mi
- Trial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Four Seasons Garden: 0.1 mi
- Horsehoe Garden: 0.1 mi
- Suzuki Garden: 0.1 mi
- Karesansui Dry Landscape Garden: 0.1 mi
- Murray Hill: 11.3 mi
- Brushy Mound: 12.7 mi
- Turkey Peak: 13.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 14.5 mi
- Mount Donwell: 16.8 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 15.2 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 16.0 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 22.0 mi
- Inspiration Point: 4.9 mi
- Lone Point: 8.7 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 9.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 11.9 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 20.8 mi
- Elizabethtown: 20.5 mi
- Sowers: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cactus Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Nob | WSW 255° | 344 m | 22.7 mi |
| Tater Hill | NW 304° | 343 m | 24.3 mi |
| Chattanooga Hill | W 261° | 330 m | 18.1 mi |
| Joe Bell Mountain | W 268° | 324 m | 21.6 mi |
| Nebo Mountain | WSW 249° | 316 m | 24.5 mi |
| Caddo Peak | S 188° | 303 m | 17.7 mi |
| Brushy Knob | S 190° | 303 m | 19.7 mi |
| Burton Knob | NW 311° | 278 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:50 | 17:28 |
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 | 48 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth NAS, 5 mi away.
- Pond Slider810 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel694 obs
- Green Anole660 obs
- Monarch415 obs
- Gulf Fritillary400 obs
- Mallard372 obs
- Great Blue Heron362 obs
- Western Honey Bee317 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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