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Sea Turtle

Sea Turtle from directly overhead

Sea Turtle is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Diocese of Austin, a historic site 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 Kemp's ridley sea turtle, designated the official state sea turtle by the Texas Legislature

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.27798, -97.73899

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Capitol Mall: 0.1 mi
  • Waterloo Park: 0.3 mi
  • Health Learning Building Courtyard: 0.4 mi
  • The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.4 mi
  • Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 52
Museums: 39
Peaks: 38
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.3 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 0.9 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.3 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 1.4 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 6.5 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.3 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.3 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.9 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 5.8 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 6.3 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.2 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 274°433 m20.8 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 253°406 m20.9 mi
Travis PeakNW 316°382 m24.8 mi
Chalk KnobW 274°364 m15.1 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 284°360 m14.5 mi
Signal HillWSW 245°353 m14.2 mi
Polecat KnobNW 324°346 m22.7 mi
Hamilton HillNNW 331°345 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10281110973

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