Yellow Rose Garden
Yellow Rose Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Wolf Hill stands 52 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Anne Wilford Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 9.7 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Centered around a fountain featuring a bronze statue of Emily Morgan (The Yellow Rose of Texas), this garden features a large number of yellow roses. It is publicly accessible via a walkpath between buildings 2 and 3 of Memorial City Plaza.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Anne Wilford Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Susan C. Kellner Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
- Bendwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Harris County Pocket Park: 1.2 mi
- Haden Park: 1.3 mi
- Commemorative Plaque to Anne Wilford: 0.2 mi
- Moore Log House: 1.7 mi
- The Rummel-Hildebrandt-Bauer Sawmill: 2.3 mi
- Memorial for John "Wade" Williams & Supercat Awards: 2.4 mi
- 1967 Opening Dedication: 2.4 mi
- Wilchester Legacy Garden: 2.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 2.4 mi
- Freed Park Urban Garden: 4.5 mi
- Granduca Garden: 5.3 mi
- Granduca Garden South: 5.3 mi
- Human Ingenuity: 2.4 mi
- WAIS: 2.4 mi
- Stone Lantern: 2.4 mi
- Hoptei: 2.4 mi
- Sitting Buddha: 2.4 mi
- Houston Audubon Society Museum: 1.7 mi
- Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum: 2.4 mi
- Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts: 6.1 mi
- Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Texas knife makers supply: 1.8 mi
- Memorial Villages Farmers Market: 2.3 mi
- Jumping World: 5.7 mi
- Boardwalk Overlook: 6.7 mi
- Wetland Boardwalk: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 6.8 mi
- Shelter A: 9.6 mi
- Terry Hershey Park: 3.7 mi
- Wortham Island Reserve: 6.2 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 13.2 mi
- Cy-Fair Nature Trails: 13.3 mi
- Oak Hill: 14.8 mi
- Wolf Hill: 18.7 mi
- Huntington Mound: 22.3 mi
- Seabourne Creek Park Hill: 23.5 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 9.6 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 10.1 mi
- Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Hill | WNW 296° | 52 m | 18.7 mi |
| Huntington Mound | WSW 243° | 35 m | 22.3 mi |
| Oak Hill | WSW 238° | 29 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 19:52 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:49 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:52 | 17:28 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sugar Land, 13 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal276 obs
- Pond Slider265 obs
- Brown Anole264 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel178 obs
- Monarch161 obs
- Swamp Rabbit153 obs
- Carolina Wren137 obs
- Green Anole134 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.
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