Zen Garden
Zen Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Pilot Knob stands 253 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Crayola Experience, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 2.7 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sloane Street Apartments
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Crayola Experience: 0.7 mi
- Liberty Park Tank: 5.7 mi
- Temoc: 6.0 mi
- Northaven Trail: 8.4 mi
- Little Saigon: 11.8 mi
- Glen Meadows Park: 0.8 mi
- Parkwood Green Park: 1.2 mi
- Rosemeade Park: 1.2 mi
- Timberglen Park: 1.4 mi
- Katie Jackson Park: 1.8 mi
- First Baptist Church, Hebron: 0.9 mi
- Liberty Baptist Church: 1.4 mi
- Frankford Church: 2.6 mi
- Frankford: 2.6 mi
- Furneaux Cemetery: 3.0 mi
- Let's Play: 4.2 mi
- The Bone: 4.2 mi
- Marfa: 4.2 mi
- Aigue-Marine: 4.3 mi
- Tango Fantasia: 4.3 mi
- Addison Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- UT Dallas Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 5.9 mi
- Eco Hub: 5.9 mi
- Jeremiahs Plot: 6.2 mi
- Cavanaugh Flight Museum: 3.5 mi
- AW Perry Homestead: 5.5 mi
- A W Perry Homestead Museum: 5.5 mi
- Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum: 6.1 mi
- Heritage Farmstead Museum: 6.4 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 10.2 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 14.5 mi
- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary: 16.4 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 11.4 mi
- Monarch Hill: 12.3 mi
- Flower Mound: 13.1 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 19.3 mi
- Chalk Hill: 19.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 11.2 mi
- The Corral: 11.3 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 12.1 mi
- picnic tables: 16.0 mi
- Camey Spur: 4.3 mi
- Sowers: 16.0 mi
- Nickelville: 18.1 mi
- La Reunion: 18.3 mi
- Biggers: 20.9 mi
- McKamy Spring: 8.3 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 11.2 mi
- Muddy Creek: 12.3 mi
- Shayhan Point: 13.6 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zen Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | WNW 293° | 253 m | 22.5 mi |
| Long Point | WNW 290° | 234 m | 22.8 mi |
| Crawford Hill | WNW 289° | 231 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Donwell | WSW 249° | 218 m | 20.7 mi |
| Town Common | W 264° | 216.71 m | 21.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 298° | 207 m | 22.7 mi |
| Flower Mound | W 267° | 202 m | 13.1 mi |
| Chalk Hill | S 188° | 202 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richardson, 6 mi away.
- green antelopehorns283 obs
- purple passionflower264 obs
- Dakota mock vervain225 obs
- Quihoui privet206 obs
- firewheel203 obs
- Engelmann daisy198 obs
- upright prairie coneflower172 obs
- American trumpet vine171 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/996401540
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