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Bat

Bat from directly overhead

Bat is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 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

The record

What the record says

Built
2022
Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.27930, -97.73877

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 53
Museums: 40
Peaks: 38
Attractions: 19
  • 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
Waterfalls: 10
  • 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
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.4 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.4 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.8 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • 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
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 274°433 m20.8 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 253°406 m21.0 mi
Travis PeakNW 315°382 m24.7 mi
Chalk KnobW 273°364 m15.1 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 283°360 m14.5 mi
Signal HillWSW 245°353 m14.3 mi
Polecat KnobNW 324°346 m22.6 mi
Hamilton HillNNW 331°345 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10269239726

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