Bracken Cave
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Bracken Cave is an attraction in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Twin Sisters stands 537 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bracken Cave Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
Texas home to world's largest concentration of bats and mammals
Wikidata Q4953642, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 10.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wetland Wonders · 27 mi
- Sinkholes · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Natural Bridge Caverns: 0.7 mi
- Davenport Cemetery: 6.0 mi
- Zions Kirche: 6.1 mi
- Harrison and McCulloch Stage Stop: 7.8 mi
- Wetmore Community Cemetery: 8.1 mi
- Park Lane Park: 3.6 mi
- Winding Oaks Park: 3.9 mi
- Campanas at Cibolo Canyons Recreation Center: 4.1 mi
- Fox Grove Community Park: 4.4 mi
- Harvey B. Bell Park: 4.4 mi
- Vogels Peak: 4.3 mi
- Classen Hill: 5.9 mi
- Comanche Lookout: 7.1 mi
- Theis Hill: 8.2 mi
- Startz Hill: 10.0 mi
- Zucht Display Building: 10.8 mi
- MC&SA #6: 10.8 mi
- Wallaceville: 10.8 mi
- Pullman McKeever: 10.8 mi
- ASTF Superintendent's Car #404: 10.8 mi
- Taking Flight Bronze Sculpture: 10.5 mi
- City of a Prince: 13.7 mi
- Rose of Lima: 13.9 mi
- World's Largest Cowboy Boots: 14.3 mi
- Buc-ee's Beaver: 16.6 mi
- Natural Bridge Mining Company: 0.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 0.7 mi
- Cub Cave: 7.6 mi
- Bear Cave: 7.7 mi
- EOG Resources: 8.1 mi
- Kinder Ranch Elementary Garden: 6.7 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 8.0 mi
- El Dorado Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Guadalupe County Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Ron Pedde Memorial Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Devine Spring: 2.7 mi
- Walnut Spring: 2.9 mi
- Cherry Spring: 2.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 3.3 mi
- Bear Springs: 11.3 mi
- Bracken Cave Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Menoo Woods: 9.3 mi
- James C. Curry Nature Center: 14.6 mi
- Medallion Park: 18.3 mi
- Bird of Prey: 18.5 mi
- Fratt: 12.0 mi
- Honey Creek: 12.1 mi
- Coker: 12.2 mi
- Adkins: 21.5 mi
- Lone Oak Community: 23.1 mi
- Medicine Wall: 13.4 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 15.1 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 15.3 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 15.3 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 15.8 mi
- The Picnic Place: 10.6 mi
- Alumni Pavillion: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Bracken Cave. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Sisters | NNW 344° | 537 m | 21.0 mi |
| Devils Hill | NW 326° | 466 m | 10.1 mi |
| Round Hill | W 271° | 465 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cross Mountain | W 265° | 460 m | 18.9 mi |
| High Hill | W 270° | 456 m | 12.4 mi |
| Leon Hill | W 263° | 451 m | 12.6 mi |
| Big Head Mountain | N 5° | 450 m | 20.4 mi |
| Butte Hill | W 278° | 449 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:14 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:03 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Braunfels, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5703795443
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