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Ruthe Jackson Outdoor Garden

Ruthe Jackson Outdoor Garden from directly overhead

Ruthe Jackson Outdoor Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Brushy Mound stands 275 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lyndon Baines Johnson Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 9.6 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Customers only

How to reach it

Coordinates32.69786, -97.01389

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kirby Creek Nature Education Center: 0.5 mi
  • Grand Central Park: 1.0 mi
  • Valley Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bradshaw Park: 1.6 mi
Attractions
  • Illuvia: 0.9 mi
  • Judge Roy Scream: 5.0 mi
  • Cloud Bouncer: 5.1 mi
  • Security Checkpoint & Front Gate: 5.1 mi
  • Sylvester & Tweety Pounce and Bounce: 5.1 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves: 14
Peaks: 9
  • Chalk Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Murray Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Poverty Knob: 17.3 mi
  • Mount Donwell: 17.9 mi
  • Mayor's Hill: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Hawkins Spring: 14.6 mi
  • McKamy Spring: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lynn Creek Park Beach: 4.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brushy MoundWSW 243°275 m21.9 mi
Turkey PeakWSW 241°266 m22.5 mi
Mount DonwellNNW 328°218 m17.9 mi
Town CommonNNW 331°216.71 m23.1 mi
Poverty KnobSW 220°216 m17.3 mi
Murray HillWSW 252°209 m11.6 mi
Chalk HillENE 65°202 m7.9 mi
Flower MoundN 352°202 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:40
June solstice06:2120:0320:40
September equinox07:1718:5419:26
December solstice07:2716:4917:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057657280848578675648
Precip in2.73.03.83.74.74.22.32.43.15.03.23.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JOE Pool Lake, 5 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal63 obs
  • Mallard32 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle32 obs
  • House Finch32 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel31 obs
  • Green Anole30 obs
  • Carolina Chickadee28 obs
  • Mourning Dove27 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/364855886

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