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The Torchbearers

The Torchbearers from directly overhead

The Torchbearers is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pedogna, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.6 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

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Coordinates30.28592, -97.74035

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Honors Quad: 0.2 mi
  • Capitol Mall: 0.5 mi
  • Eastwoods Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Garden patch: 0.3 mi
  • Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Alamo Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Museums: 40
Peaks: 39
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.5 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 1.4 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.8 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 1.9 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.8 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.4 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.2 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 6.9 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.4 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 273°433 m20.7 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 252°406 m21.0 mi
Travis PeakNW 315°382 m24.3 mi
Round MountainNW 326°366 m24.8 mi
Chalk KnobW 272°364 m15.0 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 282°360 m14.3 mi
Signal HillWSW 243°353 m14.4 mi
Polecat KnobNW 324°346 m22.2 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/3600960930

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