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North Austin Community Garden

North Austin Community Garden from directly overhead

North Austin Community Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is City of Austin/YMCA North Austin Community Recreation Center, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 9.0 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates30.36654, -97.70032

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • City of Austin/YMCA North Austin Community Recreation Center: 0.0 mi
  • Quail Creek Neighborhood Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ron Rigsby Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
  • Barrington School Park: 0.4 mi
  • Payton Gin Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 54
Peaks: 41
Museums: 40
Attractions: 18
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 1.4 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 2.6 mi
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 2.7 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 5.2 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hidden Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Link Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Small Falls: 9.7 mi
Springs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 12.2 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 12.4 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Bird Bluff: 8.4 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 10.3 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 11.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 259°433 m23.5 mi
NegroheadWNW 302°405 m24.9 mi
Travis PeakWNW 301°382 m22.8 mi
Round MountainNW 312°366 m22.2 mi
Big Bear HillNW 313°366 m23.1 mi
Chalk KnobWSW 253°364 m18.1 mi
Flint Rock HillW 261°360 m16.6 mi
Signal HillSW 231°353 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:37
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Piger Grass Tubeworm Moth212 obs
  • Green Cloverworm Moth210 obs
  • Monarch161 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary144 obs
  • Queen129 obs
  • Triangle-marked Twirler Moth129 obs
  • Celery Leaftier Moth121 obs
  • Gray Hairstreak115 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/481629653

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