Blue Hole
Blue Hole is an attraction in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Black Hill stands 484 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mission Plaza, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.3 miles off.
The primary spring for the San Antonio River.
The story
spring in Texas, United States of America
Wikidata Q7413356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 10.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Mission Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Headwaters Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Mahncke Park: 0.8 mi
- Brackenridge Park: 0.9 mi
- Davis Park: 1.1 mi
- Incarnate Word College: 0.2 mi
- The Argyle: 0.5 mi
- Ludwig Mahncke: 0.7 mi
- Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Company: 0.8 mi
- The Mexican Village: 0.8 mi
- Hillcrest: 6.1 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 7.2 mi
- Calf Hill: 7.5 mi
- Theis Hill: 8.4 mi
- Prickly Pear Hill: 9.4 mi
- The Witte Museum: 0.4 mi
- The Witte Museum: 0.5 mi
- HEBuddy Treehouse: 0.5 mi
- B. Naylor Morton Research and Collections Center: 0.6 mi
- South Texas Museum of Popular Culture "TexPop": 1.0 mi
- Little Blue Hole: 0.2 mi
- Japanese Tea Garden: 0.8 mi
- Murchison Tower: 1.1 mi
- River boat boarding: 2.0 mi
- Scobee Planetarium: 2.5 mi
- Sunken Garden Gate: 0.8 mi
- Magic Stones: 1.0 mi
- The Grotto by Carlos Cortes: 2.2 mi
- F.I.S.H.: 2.2 mi
- Beacon Hill Obelisk: 2.5 mi
- Alamo Heights Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- San Antonio Botanical Garden: 0.9 mi
- Japanese Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
- Terrell Hills Public Garden: 2.0 mi
- Gardopia Gardens: 2.9 mi
- San Pedro Spring: 2.6 mi
- Devine Spring: 14.8 mi
- Walnut Spring: 15.1 mi
- Cherry Spring: 15.3 mi
- Panther Springs: 15.4 mi
- Fratt: 5.4 mi
- Coker: 6.3 mi
- Adkins: 14.8 mi
- Lone Oak Community: 15.1 mi
- Carpenter: 18.1 mi
- Mitchell Lake Audubon Center: 11.6 mi
- Bird of Prey: 11.7 mi
- Menoo Woods: 13.7 mi
- Medallion Park: 13.8 mi
- Cedar Creek: 15.0 mi
- Alumni Pavillion: 5.9 mi
- The Picnic Place: 6.6 mi
- Medicine Wall: 10.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Blue Hole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hill | WNW 298° | 484 m | 18.2 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 319° | 465 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cross Mountain | NW 318° | 460 m | 18.0 mi |
| High Hill | NNW 340° | 456 m | 16.0 mi |
| Leon Hill | NNW 337° | 451 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sykes Hill | NNW 341° | 449 m | 17.3 mi |
| Butte Hill | NNW 343° | 449 m | 17.5 mi |
| Aue Hill | NNW 328° | 444 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 20:03 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 17:04 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 71 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Antonio Incarnate Word, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2017350612
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