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Monoculture

Monoculture from directly overhead

Monoculture is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pollen Grain, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.6 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Getting there

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Coordinates30.28929, -97.70430

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Mueller Southwest Greenway: 0.1 mi
  • Ella Wooten Park: 0.2 mi
  • Roger Lavon Taylor Senior Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • JJ Seabrook Greenbelt: 0.4 mi
  • Orchard Garden: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 53
Museums: 40
Peaks: 37
Attractions: 18
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.9 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 2.3 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.2 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 3.3 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 7.4 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 7
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.1 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 6.5 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.2 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 7.0 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 7.8 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 10.4 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 272°433 m22.8 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 253°406 m23.2 mi
Chalk KnobW 271°364 m17.2 mi
Flint Rock HillW 279°360 m16.4 mi
Signal HillWSW 245°353 m16.4 mi
Polecat KnobNW 319°346 m23.4 mi
Hamilton HillNW 326°345 m23.7 mi
Jess Maynard HillNW 326°343 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:36
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel773 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle701 obs
  • Monarch580 obs
  • Mallard458 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard455 obs
  • Green Anole447 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary445 obs
  • Western Honey Bee410 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/585472395

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