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Ellie's Garden

Ellie's Garden from directly overhead

Ellie's Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.4 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates30.27793, -97.72096

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • You are my butter half mural: 0.2 mi
  • Spiral of the Galaxy: 0.8 mi
  • East 11th Street: 0.8 mi
  • Figure on a Trunk: 0.8 mi
  • Amphora: 0.8 mi
Parks
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 52
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Alamo Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Este Garden: 0.4 mi
  • SFC Teaching Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 1.0 mi
Museums: 40
Peaks: 37
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.8 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 1.0 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.9 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 2.0 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 6.6 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 2.7 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 5.2 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.9 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 6.2 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.5 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 9.1 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ellie's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 274°433 m21.9 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 254°406 m22.0 mi
Chalk KnobW 273°364 m16.2 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 283°360 m15.6 mi
Signal HillWSW 247°353 m15.2 mi
Polecat KnobNW 322°346 m23.3 mi
Hamilton HillNNW 329°345 m23.8 mi
Jess Maynard HillNNW 329°343 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485360677481848478685951

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,927 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle1,782 obs
  • Pond Slider913 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird753 obs
  • Rock Pigeon715 obs
  • Western Honey Bee669 obs
  • White-winged Dove647 obs
  • ballmoss595 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1135317815

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