Native Plant Wildscape Demonstration Garden
Native Plant Wildscape Demonstration Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 282 m. Mount Smith stands 578 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Garden, a garden 0.8 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 13.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Hills Forest Recreation Center: 0.9 mi
- Larkspur Elementary School Park: 0.9 mi
- Salado Creek Greenway: 1.0 mi
- Salado Creek Greenway: 1.0 mi
- Churchill Estates Park: 1.3 mi
- Coker Cemetery: 2.2 mi
- Jefferson Davis Smith: 2.3 mi
- John "Jack" Coker: 2.3 mi
- Lockhill School: 3.3 mi
- Locke Hill Auditorium: 3.4 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 3.4 mi
- Scott Hill: 5.4 mi
- Hillcrest: 5.4 mi
- Eisenhower Lookout: 5.8 mi
- Bush Hill: 5.9 mi
- Western Town: 5.5 mi
- Wallaceville: 5.5 mi
- Texas Transportation Museum: 5.7 mi
- Garden Railroad: 5.7 mi
- MC&SA #6: 5.7 mi
- Pirate Ship: 1.2 mi
- Diane Llyod: 1.3 mi
- Andretti Indoor Karting and Games: 4.7 mi
- iFLY: 4.9 mi
- Kinderstein: 5.7 mi
- World's Largest Cowboy Boots: 3.2 mi
- Sushi Cat: 5.1 mi
- Batmobile: 5.6 mi
- Beacon Hill Obelisk: 6.5 mi
- Magic Stones: 6.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.8 mi
- Terrell Hills Public Garden: 6.1 mi
- Alamo Heights Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- San Antonio Botanical Garden: 7.8 mi
- Japanese Peace Garden: 7.9 mi
- San Pedro Spring: 7.5 mi
- Panther Springs: 8.9 mi
- Huesta Springs: 9.2 mi
- Devine Spring: 11.6 mi
- Walnut Spring: 11.7 mi
- Bird of Prey: 5.9 mi
- Medallion Park: 7.4 mi
- Cedar Creek: 8.6 mi
- Rancho Diana Park: 9.2 mi
- Scenic Canyon: 10.9 mi
- Coker: 2.4 mi
- Fratt: 8.4 mi
- Honey Creek: 17.5 mi
- Adkins: 20.8 mi
- Lone Oak Community: 21.5 mi
- Medicine Wall: 3.7 mi
- Devils Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Alumni Pavillion: 7.1 mi
- The Picnic Place: 8.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Native Plant Wildscape Demonstration Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Smith | WNW 304° | 578 m | 16.8 mi |
| Twin Mountains | WNW 297° | 546 m | 17.3 mi |
| Black Hill | WNW 283° | 484 m | 12.6 mi |
| Devils Hill | NNE 16° | 466 m | 18.3 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 314° | 465 m | 13.5 mi |
| Cross Mountain | NW 313° | 460 m | 11.2 mi |
| High Hill | N 350° | 456 m | 9.4 mi |
| Leon Hill | NNW 346° | 451 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:15 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 20:03 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 17:04 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 80 | 71 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Antonio Intl AP, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer3,559 obs
- Agarita810 obs
- Texas Persimmon752 obs
- silverleaf nightshade703 obs
- Christmas cholla650 obs
- Mealy Blue Sage645 obs
- Common Raccoon636 obs
- velvet-leaf mallow627 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/1309967420
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