Monarch Waystation
Monarch Waystation is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Blue Mound stands 264 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cortadera Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 10 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cortadera Park: 0.2 mi
- Wilkerson Park: 0.3 mi
- Stanton Oak Park: 0.4 mi
- Wilkerson Park: 0.4 mi
- Wilkerson Park: 0.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 1.2 mi
- Rich Lubke Community Organic Garden: 4.2 mi
- Huang Garden: 5.3 mi
- Botanical Garden at Heritage Park: 6.7 mi
- Parr Park Butterfly Habitat: 9.3 mi
- Ayden's Place: 1.3 mi
- Flower Mound: 1.4 mi
- McCombs Cemetery: 1.4 mi
- Flower Mound Cemetery: 1.4 mi
- Flower Mound Presbyterian Church: 1.4 mi
- Civitas: 2.4 mi
- AMC Grapevine Mills Globe: 4.7 mi
- Round 1 Pin: 4.8 mi
- Benjamin Richard Wall: 6.5 mi
- Grapevine Springs: 6.6 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 4.6 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 4.7 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 12.8 mi
- Crayola Experience: 13.1 mi
- Moxley Manor: 13.9 mi
- Grapevine Historic Museum: 6.9 mi
- Nash Farm Museum: 7.0 mi
- Roanoke Engine 1: 10.1 mi
- AW Perry Homestead: 10.8 mi
- A W Perry Homestead Museum: 10.8 mi
- Flower Mound: 1.3 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 7.5 mi
- Town Common: 9.2 mi
- Mount Donwell: 10.4 mi
- Crawford Hill: 10.6 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 2.7 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 18.1 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 17.0 mi
- The Corral: 21.2 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 21.7 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 24.7 mi
- Camey Spur: 12.3 mi
- Elizabethtown: 12.6 mi
- Sowers: 14.7 mi
- La Reunion: 22.3 mi
- Shayhan Point: 8.9 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 10.8 mi
- McKamy Spring: 19.8 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Muddy Creek: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monarch Waystation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | WSW 250° | 264 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 316° | 253 m | 11.5 mi |
| Blue Mound | NNW 334° | 244 m | 18.3 mi |
| Long Point | NW 310° | 234 m | 11.3 mi |
| Crawford Hill | NW 309° | 231 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Donwell | SW 220° | 218 m | 10.4 mi |
| Town Common | WSW 251° | 216.71 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 324° | 207 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:04 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grapevine DAM, 6 mi away.
- Mallard259 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel250 obs
- Green Anole207 obs
- Canada Goose204 obs
- Monarch204 obs
- American Bumble Bee198 obs
- Great Blue Heron187 obs
- Western Honey Bee187 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/13009483485
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