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Protected Promise

Protected Promise from directly overhead

Protected Promise is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttercup Creek Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail runs past it. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.50527, -97.82381

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Buttercup Creek Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wildrose Park: 0.5 mi
  • Cluck Creek Park: 0.7 mi
  • Janet Bartles Park: 0.8 mi
  • Nelson Ranch Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Wings: 1.5 mi
  • Dancin': 1.5 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 1.5 mi
  • Sentinel: 1.5 mi
  • Freshwater Cowgirl: 1.5 mi
Gardens: 56
Nature reserves: 53
Peaks: 49
Museums: 37
  • Palm House Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Museum of Ice Cream: 9.2 mi
  • Museum of Illusions: 9.5 mi
  • Interpretive Center: 11.0 mi
  • The Williamson Museum: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Texas paintball: 5.2 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 9.6 mi
  • Inner Space Cavern: 10.7 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 11.1 mi
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Link Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Small Falls: 10.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Queen's Bath: 3.3 mi
  • Apple Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Shady Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 20.1 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 20.4 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsSW 228°433 m21.1 mi
WildCat MountainWNW 292°429 m20.9 mi
North PeakWNW 293°425 m21.5 mi
Tater HillWNW 293°422 m17.8 mi
Boultinghouse MountainWNW 285°418 m16.2 mi
NegroheadWNW 284°405 m14.3 mi
Buzzard RoostWNW 303°391 m19.6 mi
Cedar MountainW 263°386 m24.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0220:37
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
December solstice07:2516:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677481848478695850
Precip in2.62.03.02.34.14.42.82.33.44.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12996551286

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