- Elevation, modelled
- 145 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 20.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail3.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2630, -97.7450
Congress Avenue Rain Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled 145 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Roberta Crenshaw Overlook at Shoal Beach at Town Lake Metro Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.7 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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- The Trail Foundation
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Congress Avenue Rain Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 277° | 433 m | 20.6 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 255° | 429 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 238° | 416 m | 24.2 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 256° | 406 m | 20.3 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 278° | 364 m | 14.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 288° | 360 m | 14.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 248° | 353 m | 13.5 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NNW 326° | 346 m | 23.3 mi |
- 3.7 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 23 mi
- Sinkholes · 30 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roberta Crenshaw Overlook at Shoal Beach at Town Lake Metro Park: 0.0 mi
- Republic Square: 0.4 mi
- Brush Square: 0.4 mi
- Margaret Moser Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Sir Swante Palm Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
- Austin, C.S.A.: 0.0 mi
- Congress Avenue: 0.0 mi
- H&TC and I&GN Depots: 0.2 mi
- Twinkle Twinkle Lone Star Guitar: 0.2 mi
- J. P. Schneider Store: 0.2 mi
- Cypress Grove: 0.1 mi
- Stem Rack: 0.1 mi
- Tau Ceti: 0.1 mi
- Willie Nelson Statue: 0.2 mi
- Seeding Time: 0.2 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 2.9 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.8 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Brazos Bluff: 0.2 mi
- Explorers Garden: 0.3 mi
- East Avenue Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.9 mi
- Festival Beach Food Forest: 0.9 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.3 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 4.3 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.6 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.9 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.8 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 0.2 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 0.3 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.8 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.3 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.2 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 4.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.2 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 5.4 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 5.5 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.5 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 1.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.9 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.9 mi
- Queen's Bath: 15.1 mi
- Goforth: 16.9 mi
- McDuff: 17.1 mi
- New Sweden: 17.1 mi
- Lytton Springs: 19.5 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.7 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.5 mi
- Fern Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 5.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.4 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 3 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle2,181 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel2,039 obs
- Pond Slider1,379 obs
- Green Anole852 obs
- ballmoss805 obs
- Western Honey Bee793 obs
- Turk's cap783 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard772 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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