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Clock Knot

Clock Knot from directly overhead

Clock Knot is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden patch, a garden 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.0 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
steel

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.28972, -97.73608

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Monochrome for Austin: 0.2 mi
  • Vermillion: 0.2 mi
  • Diana the Huntress: 0.2 mi
  • Wall Drawing #520: 0.2 mi
  • Circle with Towers: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Honors Quad: 0.2 mi
  • Eastwoods Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Sparky Pocket Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Garden patch: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 1.0 mi
  • Este Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Alamo Community Garden: 1.1 mi
Peaks: 39
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.7 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 1.6 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.1 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 2.2 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 2.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.8 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.9 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.1 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.6 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 7.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.8 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clock Knot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 272°433 m20.9 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 251°406 m21.4 mi
Travis PeakNW 314°382 m24.3 mi
Round MountainNW 325°366 m24.7 mi
Chalk KnobW 271°364 m15.3 mi
Flint Rock HillW 280°360 m14.5 mi
Signal HillWSW 242°353 m14.7 mi
Polecat KnobNW 323°346 m22.1 mi

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 solstice07:2416:5917:35

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4493359640

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