- Elevation, modelled
- 165 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 20.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail4.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2785, -97.7391
Armadillo is a artwork in Texas, at a modelled 165 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Diocese of Austin, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.4 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Steel statue of a nine-banded armadillo, designated the official state small mammal by the Texas Legislature. The artist is Lars Stanley of Stanley Studio with Luke Barron, Ann Woods, Jake Black, Robert Abdallah, and Destiny Augustine
- Material
- steel
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Armadillo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 274° | 433 m | 20.8 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 253° | 406 m | 20.9 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 316° | 382 m | 24.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 273° | 364 m | 15.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 283° | 360 m | 14.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 245° | 353 m | 14.2 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 324° | 346 m | 22.7 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 331° | 345 m | 23.2 mi |
- 4.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Diocese of Austin: 0.0 mi
- Gethsemane Church: 0.1 mi
- Moses Austin: 0.1 mi
- Site of Swedish Evangelical Free Church: 0.1 mi
- Carrington-Covert House: 0.1 mi
- Sea Turtle: 0.0 mi
- Prickly Pear: 0.0 mi
- Bat: 0.1 mi
- Horned Lizard: 0.1 mi
- Lone Star: 0.1 mi
- Capitol Mall: 0.1 mi
- Waterloo Park: 0.4 mi
- Health Learning Building Courtyard: 0.4 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.5 mi
- Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.0 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.6 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Garden patch: 0.7 mi
- Ellie's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Texas State History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Capitol Complex Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 0.4 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 0.6 mi
- German Texans Heritage Society: 0.6 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.6 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.1 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.3 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.3 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.4 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.3 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.5 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.0 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.1 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.8 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.3 mi
- New Sweden: 16.2 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Goforth: 18.0 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.2 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
| 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 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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