- Elevation, modelled
- 142 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 18.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail2.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2784, -97.7753
Colorado Community Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled 142 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Deep Eddy Bathing Beach, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Operated by
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Access
- Private
- Fee
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Colorado Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 18.6 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 251° | 429 m | 23.1 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WSW 244° | 429 m | 24.9 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | SW 235° | 423 m | 24.3 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | SW 233° | 416 m | 23.3 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 251° | 406 m | 18.9 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 319° | 382 m | 23.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 330° | 366 m | 24.1 mi |
- 2.5 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 24.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 26.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Deep Eddy Bathing Beach: 0.1 mi
- The Johnson Home: 0.3 mi
- Travis County: 0.4 mi
- Ashford McGill House (Zilker Park Refectory): 0.4 mi
- Clay Pit Bucket Tower: 0.6 mi
- Abundance: 0.1 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 0.6 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 1.3 mi
- ATX: 1.4 mi
- Open Room Austin: 1.5 mi
- Eilers Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.3 mi
- Mary Frances Baylor Clarksville Park: 0.7 mi
- Rollingwood Municipal Park: 0.7 mi
- Volma Overton Sr. Beach at Town Lake Metro Park: 0.8 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.1 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Uplands: 3.7 mi
- Carrington's Prairie: 3.9 mi
- Experimental Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Butterfly Trail: 0.6 mi
- Hartman Prehistoric Garden: 0.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- Herbal Garden: 0.7 mi
- Mount Larson: 2.4 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.9 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.3 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.5 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 3.7 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 0.8 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 1.0 mi
- Lake Austin: 1.6 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.2 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 2.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.0 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 3.1 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 3.4 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 0.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.0 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.7 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.5 mi
- Goforth: 17.8 mi
- New Sweden: 18.0 mi
- McDuff: 19.0 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.5 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 2.8 mi
- Bird Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 6.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.1 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.
- Texas Spiny Lizard934 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle801 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel716 obs
- Green Anole697 obs
- Turk's cap688 obs
- Pond Slider673 obs
- Heavenly bamboo631 obs
- Egyptian Goose548 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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