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San Antonio Botanical Garden

San Antonio Botanical Garden from directly overhead

San Antonio Botanical Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Black Hill stands 484 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Japanese Peace Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.45925, -98.45815

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gene Flores Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mahncke Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mission Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Belmeade Park: 0.9 mi
  • Headwaters Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Hillcrest: 6.7 mi
  • Calf Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Theis Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Prickly Pear Hill: 9.1 mi
Museums: 58
Attractions: 49
Artworks: 42
  • Sunken Garden Gate: 1.1 mi
  • Magic Stones: 1.5 mi
  • The Grotto by Carlos Cortes: 1.9 mi
  • F.I.S.H.: 2.0 mi
  • James Bowie: 2.8 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Japanese Peace Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Alamo Heights Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Gardopia Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • Terrell Hills Public Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Frost Gardens: 2.8 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Springs: 10
  • San Pedro Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Devine Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Walnut Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Cherry Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 16.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of San Antonio Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black HillWNW 299°484 m19.0 mi
Round HillNW 319°465 m21.3 mi
Cross MountainNW 318°460 m18.8 mi
High HillNNW 339°456 m16.8 mi
Leon HillNNW 336°451 m15.6 mi
Sykes HillNNW 340°449 m18.1 mi
Butte HillNNW 342°449 m18.3 mi
Aue HillNNW 327°444 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1419:46
June solstice06:3520:0320:37
September equinox07:2319:0019:32
December solstice07:2517:0417:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525662697682848579716053
Precip in2.21.92.42.34.43.62.42.43.93.92.52.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Antonio Incarnate Word, 1 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel2,866 obs
  • American Robin2,429 obs
  • Mallard1,987 obs
  • House Sparrow1,810 obs
  • straggler daisy1,678 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse1,518 obs
  • ballmoss1,475 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle1,472 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/78622215

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