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Garden patch

Garden patch from directly overhead

Garden patch is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Clock Knot, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

A little garden between a few buildings. Contains rosemary bushes, some bayberry trees, and a bunch of misc. flowers. Also has benches and tables.

Getting there

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Coordinates30.28899, -97.73759

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Honors Quad: 0.1 mi
  • Eastwoods Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Capitol Mall: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 53
  • Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Este Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Alamo Community Garden: 1.2 mi
Museums: 40
Peaks: 39
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.6 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 1.5 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.0 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 2.1 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 2.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.9 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.8 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.2 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.5 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 7.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.7 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 272°433 m20.8 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 251°406 m21.3 mi
Travis PeakNW 314°382 m24.3 mi
Round MountainNW 325°366 m24.7 mi
Chalk KnobW 271°364 m15.2 mi
Flint Rock HillW 281°360 m14.4 mi
Signal HillWSW 242°353 m14.6 mi
Polecat KnobNW 323°346 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel2,026 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle1,680 obs
  • Pond Slider921 obs
  • Green Anole744 obs
  • ballmoss729 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird705 obs
  • White-winged Dove687 obs
  • Western Honey Bee668 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/468492893

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