- Elevation, modelled
- 156 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 20.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail4.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2707, -97.7420
Gear Grove is a artwork in Texas, at a modelled 156 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Swedish Consulate and Swante Palm Library, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.0 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Bike rack sculpture made of stainless steel and recycled bike gears
- Built
- 2013
- Material
- stainless_steel
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gear Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 276° | 433 m | 20.7 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 254° | 429 m | 24.8 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 237° | 416 m | 24.6 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 254° | 406 m | 20.6 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 276° | 364 m | 15.0 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 286° | 360 m | 14.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 246° | 353 m | 13.9 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 325° | 346 m | 23.0 mi |
- 4.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Swedish Consulate and Swante Palm Library: 0.0 mi
- M. M. Long's Livery Stable & Opera House: 0.0 mi
- Millett Opera House: 0.1 mi
- First Capitol in Austin: 0.1 mi
- Openheimer-Montgomery Building: 0.1 mi
- Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.1 mi
- Wooldridge Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Republic Square: 0.4 mi
- Brush Square: 0.4 mi
- Black Austin Matters: 0.1 mi
- Homeless Jesus: 0.1 mi
- Lead to Live: 0.3 mi
- The Sisterhood of Two Hearts: 0.3 mi
- Dale Shine: 0.3 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.2 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.4 mi
- Congress Avenue Rain Garden: 0.6 mi
- Brazos Bluff: 0.7 mi
- Explorers Garden: 0.7 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.9 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.1 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.2 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.5 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 5.8 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.6 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 0.8 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.8 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 0.8 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.6 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.5 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 4.9 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 5.8 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.0 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.7 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 1.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.4 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.3 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.7 mi
- New Sweden: 16.6 mi
- McDuff: 17.0 mi
- Goforth: 17.5 mi
- Lytton Springs: 19.9 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.9 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.3 mi
- Stone picnic table: 5.9 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.8 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 3 mi away.
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