Iris Garden
Iris Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Comanche Peak stands 373 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Winston Patrick McGregor Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 11 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Johnson County Master Gardeners
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Winston Patrick McGregor Park: 0.0 mi
- Stone Park: 0.4 mi
- Westhill Park: 0.8 mi
- J. E. Standley Park: 1.0 mi
- McAnear Park: 1.1 mi
- Wesley's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Holocaust Remembrance: 0.1 mi
- The Texas World War II Home Front: 0.4 mi
- The Texas World War II Home Front: 0.4 mi
- First United Methodist Church, Cleburne: 0.6 mi
- Johnson County Courthouse Museum: 1.8 mi
- Cleburne Railroad Museum: 1.8 mi
- Lowell Smith Sr. History Center: 1.8 mi
- Layland Museum: 1.8 mi
- Gone With the Wind Museum: 2.0 mi
- General Cleburne: 1.6 mi
- Wild Frontier, Trail Dust, And Rails: 1.8 mi
- Shannon's Wings: 1.8 mi
- How Do You Stack Up?: 1.9 mi
- 1933 Central Texas Bus Line Depot: 1.9 mi
- Brushy Knob: 8.1 mi
- Caddo Peak: 9.9 mi
- Berry Knob: 11.8 mi
- Brushy Knob: 12.1 mi
- Barnard Knob: 12.8 mi
- Broke Rock: 12.4 mi
- Bluff Mills: 12.5 mi
- Hendrick Arnold Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 16.5 mi
- White Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Guinn Garden at Buffalo Creek: 1.6 mi
- Fire Station 16 Memorial Garden: 14.1 mi
- elizabeth crockett butterfly Garden: 15.9 mi
- Somervell County Master Gardeners Demo Garden: 21.0 mi
- Lake Granbury Master Gardener Demonstration Garden: 23.8 mi
- The Spirit of Cleburne: 1.7 mi
- ATSF 999457: 2.1 mi
- Main Event Entertainment: 23.6 mi
- Apatosaurus: 24.2 mi
- Tyrannosaurus rex: 24.2 mi
- Old City Spring: 1.6 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 9.0 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 9.1 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Acton Nature Center: 15.9 mi
- Glen Rose Bird Sanctuary: 21.1 mi
- Canoe Docks: 14.1 mi
- Brazos Point: 15.9 mi
- Acton Tabernacle: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iris Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Peak | W 277° | 373 m | 22.7 mi |
| Brushy Knob | N 356° | 303 m | 8.1 mi |
| Caddo Peak | N 3° | 303 m | 9.9 mi |
| Barnard Knob | W 270° | 292 m | 12.8 mi |
| Berry Knob | WSW 257° | 285 m | 11.8 mi |
| Brushy Mound | NNE 15° | 275 m | 15.3 mi |
| Turkey Peak | NNE 15° | 266 m | 14.4 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSE 155° | 232 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:52 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleburne, 2 mi away.
- stiff greenthread33 obs
- Dakota mock vervain32 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard29 obs
- Purple paintbrush27 obs
- Western Honey Bee24 obs
- Antelopehorn Milkweed24 obs
- Pinkladies23 obs
- Field madder22 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1272363835
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