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French Elementary Community Garden

French Elementary Community Garden from directly overhead

French Elementary Community Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Shepard Hill stands 95 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilde Creek Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 14 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates30.12919, -95.50747

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wilde Creek Park: 1.1 mi
  • Timber Ridge Park: 1.1 mi
  • Inway Park & Trails: 1.2 mi
  • Rob Fleming Park: 1.2 mi
  • Inway Recreation Complex: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Rise of the Midgard Serpent: 2.3 mi
  • Texana Whitetails: 2.3 mi
  • Boy with Hawk: 2.3 mi
  • The Dreamer: 2.5 mi
  • Children at Play: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Texas Marines Medal of Honor Monument: 3.3 mi
  • The Way Home: 3.3 mi
  • Commemorative Tribute to Cynthia Woods Mitchell: 3.5 mi
  • Commemorative Tribute to George P. Mitchell: 3.5 mi
  • Zion Lutheran Cemetery: 3.8 mi
Attractions: 32
  • Carousel: 3.9 mi
  • Model Railroads Exhibition: 6.7 mi
  • 1907 Tomball's Caboose: 6.7 mi
  • Log House 18557: 7.0 mi
  • site of civil war era gunpowder mill explosion: 8.8 mi
Museums: 14
Gardens: 13
  • Bear Branch Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Veggie Village: Alden Bridge: 5.3 mi
  • Alden Bridge Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Learning Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Bamboo Texas Display Garden: 18.4 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Peaks: 4
  • Crater Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Shepard Hill: 24.2 mi
  • Hockley Mound: 24.8 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shepard HillN 359°95 m24.2 mi
Hockley MoundWSW 247°74 m24.8 mi
Wolf HillSW 230°52 m24.8 mi
Crater HillNE 40°48 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0219:34
June solstice06:2219:5220:27
September equinox07:1118:4819:20
December solstice07:1516:5117:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535763697783858580716155
Precip in3.52.73.43.84.95.43.74.95.25.64.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Hooks MEM AP, 5 mi away.

  • Japanese climbing fern121 obs
  • Northern Cardinal111 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird88 obs
  • American beautyberry67 obs
  • Chinese Tallow59 obs
  • Pine Warbler59 obs
  • Brown-headed Nuthatch58 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird55 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1024053124

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