Monochrome for Austin
Monochrome for Austin is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Vermillion, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Eccentric sculpture of canoes tethered together that appears to defy gravity.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.0 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vermillion: 0.1 mi
- Circle with Towers: 0.1 mi
- Wall Drawing #520: 0.1 mi
- The West: 0.1 mi
- Clock Knot: 0.2 mi
- James C. Hogg: 0.1 mi
- UT Tower Shooting Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.2 mi
- Littlefield Home: 0.2 mi
- Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Campus: 0.3 mi
- Honors Quad: 0.2 mi
- Eastwoods Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Capitol Mall: 0.6 mi
- Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.6 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 5.1 mi
- Garden patch: 0.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 1.0 mi
- Alamo Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.2 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.4 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.6 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.7 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.5 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.4 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.0 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 2.0 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.3 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.5 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.7 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.4 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.3 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.8 mi
- New Sweden: 15.8 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Goforth: 18.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.9 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 6.4 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.7 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monochrome for Austin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 273° | 433 m | 20.9 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 251° | 406 m | 21.2 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 314° | 382 m | 24.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 325° | 366 m | 24.8 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 271° | 364 m | 15.2 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 281° | 360 m | 14.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 243° | 353 m | 14.6 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 323° | 346 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Austin · 1 mi
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