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First United Methodist Church Prayer Garden

First United Methodist Church Prayer Garden from directly overhead

First United Methodist Church Prayer Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 397 m. Long Mountain stands 490 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Russell-McFarland Homestead, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 7.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates30.76766, -98.22735

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wallace Riddell Park: 0.7 mi
  • Haley Nelson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hamilton Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Fort Croghan Historical Site: 0.9 mi
  • Live Oak Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Post Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Potato Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Johhny Grave Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Cedar Mountain: 7.6 mi
  • Spider Mountain: 8.1 mi
Springs: 16
  • Fourmile Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Trough Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Persimmon Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Williams Spring: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 8
  • Burnet County Historical Jail: 0.7 mi
  • Fort Croghan Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 2.0 mi
  • CCC Museum: 9.3 mi
  • The Falls Museum: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 11.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of First United Methodist Church Prayer Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNW 325°490 m11.5 mi
Potato HillNW 314°484 m4.1 mi
Lookout MountainNNW 326°484 m13.9 mi
Packsaddle MountainWSW 239°478 m19.5 mi
Barker HillWNW 292°472 m20.2 mi
Shovel MountainS 183°472 m22.5 mi
Post MountainSW 223°462 m1.5 mi
Marley PeaksNW 307°461 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1319:45
June solstice06:3120:0420:40
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2717:0017:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838376665648
Precip in1.92.02.92.34.13.22.12.43.43.62.61.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet, under a mile away.

  • Northern Cardinal28 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch25 obs
  • White-winged Dove19 obs
  • House Finch16 obs
  • Antelopehorn Milkweed15 obs
  • Black-chinned Hummingbird14 obs
  • Mallard14 obs
  • Muscovy Duck14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9403990597

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