- Elevation, modelled
- 186 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 22.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail6.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:36local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2973, -97.7054
Nessy is a artwork in Texas, at a modelled 186 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Thinkery, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.8 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Material
- tile
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nessy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 271° | 433 m | 22.7 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 251° | 406 m | 23.3 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 269° | 364 m | 17.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 277° | 360 m | 16.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 244° | 353 m | 16.6 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 318° | 346 m | 22.9 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NW 325° | 345 m | 23.2 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NW 325° | 343 m | 21.5 mi |
- 6.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 20.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 23.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Mueller Lake Park: 0.1 mi
- Paggi Square: 0.2 mi
- Patterson Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Branch Park: 0.3 mi
- Auditorium Courtyard: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- Wigwam: 0.5 mi
- Pollen Grain: 0.5 mi
- Ocho: 0.6 mi
- Arachnophilia: 0.7 mi
- You are my butter half mural: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
- Site of Pecan Springs School: 1.1 mi
- Addcox House: 1.1 mi
- Hancock Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Annie Webb Blanton: 1.1 mi
- Maud Anna Berry Smith Fuller: 1.2 mi
Gardens: 55
- Patterson Park Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
- Monoculture: 0.6 mi
- Este Garden: 1.3 mi
- SFC Teaching Garden: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 55
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 4.9 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
Museums: 40
- The Thinkery: 0.0 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 1.4 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 1.4 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 1.6 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 1.8 mi
Peaks: 37
- Mount Bonnell: 4.4 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.4 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.6 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.3 mi
- Mount Larson: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 18
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.1 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.6 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.5 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 3.5 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 7.0 mi
- Link Falls: 7.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 7.2 mi
Springs: 8
- Seiders Spring: 2.6 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 4.3 mi
- Eliza Spring: 4.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.0 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- New Sweden: 13.8 mi
- McDuff: 15.3 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.7 mi
- Goforth: 19.7 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Bird Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.7 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Stone picnic table: 7.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 8.1 mi
- The Learning Tree: 10.6 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
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