- Elevation, modelled
- 163 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 20.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail4.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2789, -97.7386
Prickly Pear is a artwork in Texas, at a modelled 163 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bat, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.4 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Steel sculpture by Dylan Connor of a prickly pear cactus, designated the official state plant by the Texas Legislature. While no specific species is official, the pads of this sculpture most resemble Opuntia ficus-indica
- Material
- steel
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prickly Pear. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 274° | 433 m | 20.8 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 253° | 406 m | 21.0 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 315° | 382 m | 24.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 273° | 364 m | 15.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 283° | 360 m | 14.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 245° | 353 m | 14.3 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 324° | 346 m | 22.6 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 331° | 345 m | 23.2 mi |
- 4.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bat: 0.0 mi
- Armadillo: 0.0 mi
- Horned Lizard: 0.1 mi
- Sea Turtle: 0.1 mi
- Lone Star: 0.1 mi
- Moses Austin: 0.0 mi
- Diocese of Austin: 0.1 mi
- Gethsemane Church: 0.1 mi
- Site of Swedish Evangelical Free Church: 0.1 mi
- Carrington-Covert House: 0.1 mi
- 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
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.0 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.6 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Garden patch: 0.7 mi
- Ellie's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Texas State History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 0.4 mi
- Capitol Complex Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 0.6 mi
- German Texans Heritage Society: 0.6 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.6 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.6 mi
- 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: 1.4 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.9 mi
- 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
- Seiders Spring: 1.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.1 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.7 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.3 mi
- New Sweden: 16.2 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Goforth: 18.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.4 mi
- 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
| 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 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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