Jim's vegetable garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Jim's vegetable garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 402 m. Hog Mountains stands 585 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Terrill Antique Car Museum, a museum 1.1 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Jim Farley
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Texas Central Railroad: 1.2 mi
- De Leon Peanut Company: 1.2 mi
- Frances Marie Sparks Brown: 1.6 mi
- Community of Comyn-Theney: 5.9 mi
- Hanson Cemetery: 8.6 mi
- Old City Park: 1.4 mi
- De Leon Community Park: 1.7 mi
- High Point Park: 9.7 mi
- Promontory Park: 10.4 mi
- Sowell Creek Park: 10.9 mi
- Indian Mountain: 11.0 mi
- Jameson Peaks: 13.4 mi
- Mockingbird Hill: 15.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 16.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 16.7 mi
- Terrill Antique Car Museum: 1.1 mi
- Dublin Rodeo Heritage Museum: 12.4 mi
- Dublin Bottling Works: 12.5 mi
- Comanche County Museum: 16.1 mi
- Stephenville Historical House Museum: 21.7 mi
- Comyn: 5.9 mi
- Desdemona: 10.1 mi
- Alameda, Texas: 15.6 mi
- Edna Hill: 17.3 mi
- Purves: 18.4 mi
- Longhorn Cattle Statue: 15.9 mi
- Earl Rudder Statue: 20.4 mi
- The Ultra: 20.5 mi
- John Tarleton Statue: 20.6 mi
- Keep Stephenville Beautiful: 21.4 mi
- Keep Stephenville Beautiful Garden: 19.9 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 20.2 mi
- Tarleton Garden: 20.5 mi
- Grimes Memorial Garden: 24.9 mi
- John Tarleton Ranch House: 21.7 mi
- Carriage House: 21.7 mi
- Center Grove Schoolhouse: 21.7 mi
- Ol' Rip: 24.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Open Roof Gazebo: 20.4 mi
- Open Roof Gazebo: 20.4 mi
- Muse Wildlife Management Area: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jim's vegetable garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Mountains | SW 236° | 585 m | 22.0 mi |
| Star Mountain | SW 227° | 577 m | 21.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSW 211° | 562 m | 17.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSW 213° | 554 m | 16.3 mi |
| Salt Mountain | SW 224° | 550 m | 24.2 mi |
| Jameson Peaks | NNE 14° | 507 m | 13.4 mi |
| Blue Hills | NNE 29° | 501 m | 17.1 mi |
| Twin Mountain | NNE 24° | 499 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:08 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:57 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Proctor Rsvr, 12 mi away.
- pecan3 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove2 obs
- Pond Slider2 obs
- Common Raccoon2 obs
- winecup mallow2 obs
- honey mesquite2 obs
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo1 obs
- American Kestrel1 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 node/6283253908
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