University of Texas Microfarm
University of Texas Microfarm is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Austin State Hospital Cemetery, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.1 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Texas
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Austin State Hospital Cemetery: 0.1 mi
- Wells-LaRue House: 0.3 mi
- Elisabet Ney: 0.6 mi
- Hodnette House: 0.6 mi
- Hyde Park: 0.6 mi
- Bruning Green: 0.5 mi
- Shipe Park: 0.5 mi
- Highland Greenway Park: 1.0 mi
- Jacob Fontaine Plaza: 1.0 mi
- Central Park: 1.0 mi
- Thicket: 1.0 mi
- Nessy: 1.7 mi
- Clock Knot: 1.8 mi
- Mustangs: 2.0 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 2.0 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Patterson Park Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Garden patch: 1.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.1 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 0.6 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 0.6 mi
- The Thinkery: 1.7 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 1.9 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 2.0 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.9 mi
- Mount Barker: 2.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.0 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 2.1 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.4 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 3.3 mi
- Lake Austin: 3.6 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 3.8 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.3 mi
- Link Falls: 5.5 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 6.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.4 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.9 mi
- Eliza Spring: 4.4 mi
- Shady Spring: 6.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 12.6 mi
- New Sweden: 14.3 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.0 mi
- Goforth: 20.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 22.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.5 mi
- Fern Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 8.4 mi
- Stone picnic table: 8.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 10.3 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of University of Texas Microfarm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 268° | 433 m | 21.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 247° | 406 m | 22.5 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 310° | 382 m | 23.6 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 321° | 366 m | 23.7 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 322° | 366 m | 24.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 264° | 364 m | 15.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 273° | 360 m | 14.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 238° | 353 m | 16.1 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 | 20:37 |
| 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: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 2 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle754 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel686 obs
- Monarch403 obs
- Muscovy Duck400 obs
- Western Honey Bee395 obs
- Mallard376 obs
- Green Anole369 obs
- White-winged Dove367 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/895709076
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- Austin · 3 mi
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