Poppy LaMonica Memorial Garden
Poppy LaMonica Memorial Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 857 m. Midland County High Point stands 909 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sibley Nature Center, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 4.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Way Retreate Center
- Access
- Private
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Hogan Park: 2.2 mi
- Jacotte Park: 2.2 mi
- Reyes-Mashburn-Nelms Park: 2.3 mi
- M.L.K. Park: 2.5 mi
- Sparks Park: 2.5 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Arch: 2.5 mi
- baboon pioneers zebra cart: 3.0 mi
- jaguar: 3.0 mi
- baby deer: 3.0 mi
- javalina: 3.0 mi
- *: 5.8 mi
- *: 5.8 mi
- *: 5.8 mi
- *: 5.8 mi
- *: 5.8 mi
- Sibley Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Midland Fire Department Museum: 4.8 mi
- Fredda Turner Durham Children's Museum: 5.0 mi
- Museum of the Southwest: 5.0 mi
- Blakemore Planetarium: 5.0 mi
- Jesus Statue: 3.1 mi
- Stone Saint Ann Statue: 5.0 mi
- Facts of Life: 5.0 mi
- Saint Ann With Child Statue: 5.0 mi
- Bonnie Plant Farm Sasquatch: 6.2 mi
- Windlands Garden: 3.8 mi
- Grace Presbyterian Labrynth: 4.5 mi
- Saint Ann’s Prayer Garden: 5.0 mi
- Craddick Garden: 5.0 mi
- Saint Paul Garden: 7.3 mi
- Range Hill: 13.8 mi
- Midland County High Point: 15.7 mi
- Hog Mountain: 24.2 mi
- Sibley Nature Center: 2.0 mi
- Dameron City: 8.1 mi
- Indian Point: 19.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Poppy LaMonica Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland County High Point | WSW 248° | 909 m | 15.7 mi |
| Range Hill | N 6° | 859 m | 13.8 mi |
| Hog Mountain | E 97° | 798 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:53 | 19:28 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:43 | 20:22 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:14 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 17:11 | 17:48 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Midland 4 ENE, 2 mi away.
- Black Swallowtail19 obs
- Monarch17 obs
- Queen16 obs
- Sonoran Bumble Bee14 obs
- Sleepy Orange14 obs
- Gulf Fritillary11 obs
- American Bumble Bee11 obs
- Common Sootywing11 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/1038088831
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