SFC Teaching Garden
SFC Teaching Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexander Neighborhood Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sustainable Food Center
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 20.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 23.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alexander Neighborhood Park: 0.1 mi
- Downs-Mabson Fields: 0.2 mi
- Chestnut Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- Oak Springs School Park: 0.6 mi
- Rosewood Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Downs Field: 0.2 mi
- Maud Anna Berry Smith Fuller: 0.3 mi
- Henry G. Madison Cabin: 0.5 mi
- Henry G. Madison Cabin: 0.5 mi
- Evergreen Cemetery: 0.6 mi
- You are my butter half mural: 0.6 mi
- Pollen Grain: 0.8 mi
- Wigwam: 0.8 mi
- Arachnophilia: 0.9 mi
- Nessy: 1.3 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.8 mi
- Alamo Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Este Garden: 0.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.7 mi
- Ellie's Garden: 0.7 mi
- Monoculture: 0.8 mi
- George Washington Carver Museum: 1.1 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 1.3 mi
- Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center: 1.3 mi
- The Thinkery: 1.3 mi
- Texas Music Museum: 1.4 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 4.8 mi
- Mount Barker: 5.0 mi
- Mount Lucas: 5.2 mi
- Mount Larson: 5.5 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.5 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.6 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.5 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 2.6 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.6 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.5 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.6 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 6.9 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 7.3 mi
- Seiders Spring: 3.0 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.8 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.3 mi
- Queen's Bath: 15.2 mi
- New Sweden: 14.7 mi
- McDuff: 15.2 mi
- Goforth: 18.4 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 19.8 mi
- Bird Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.9 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.1 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.8 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of SFC Teaching Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 274° | 433 m | 22.6 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 254° | 406 m | 22.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 273° | 364 m | 16.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 282° | 360 m | 16.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 247° | 353 m | 15.9 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 321° | 346 m | 23.7 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 327° | 345 m | 24.1 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NNW 328° | 343 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel1,206 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle924 obs
- Western Honey Bee502 obs
- Monarch456 obs
- Mallard453 obs
- Northern Mockingbird435 obs
- Green Anole431 obs
- Muscovy Duck409 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/370816392
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- Austin · 2 mi
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