- Elevation, modelled
- 163 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 20.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail4.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2793, -97.7388
Bat is a artwork in Texas, at a modelled 163 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Moses Austin, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.5 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Steel sculpture of a Mexican free-tailed bat, designated the official state flying 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
- Built
- 2022
- Material
- steel
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bat. 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 | 21.0 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 315° | 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 | 14.3 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 324° | 346 m | 22.6 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 331° | 345 m | 23.2 mi |
- 4.5 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
- Moses Austin: 0.0 mi
- Diocese of Austin: 0.1 mi
- Site of Swedish Evangelical Free Church: 0.1 mi
- Scottish Rite Temple: 0.1 mi
- Gethsemane Church: 0.1 mi
- Prickly Pear: 0.0 mi
- Horned Lizard: 0.0 mi
- Armadillo: 0.1 mi
- Lone Star: 0.1 mi
- Bluebonnet: 0.1 mi
- Capitol Mall: 0.0 mi
- Waterloo Park: 0.4 mi
- Health Learning Building Courtyard: 0.4 mi
- Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.5 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.5 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.1 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.7 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Garden patch: 0.7 mi
- Ellie's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Texas State History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 0.4 mi
- Capitol Complex Visitor Center: 0.5 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 0.5 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 0.7 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.5 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.2 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.4 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.5 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.4 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.1 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.7 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.3 mi
- New Sweden: 16.2 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Goforth: 18.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.5 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.9 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.3 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.2 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).
Day trips start here
- Austin · 1 mi
Take the scenic way to Bat.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.