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Lytton Springs

Lytton Springs from directly overhead

Lytton Springs is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Signal Hill stands 353 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harris Cemetery, a historic site 3.7 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 7.4 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Texas, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates30.00470, -97.61250

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Lockhart City Park: 8.6 mi
  • Bastrop County Cedar Creek Park: 8.7 mi
  • Bastrop County Cedar Creek Park: 8.7 mi
  • Navarro Springs Park: 8.7 mi
  • Santos Arredondo Park: 8.8 mi
Artworks
Museums: 45
Gardens: 41
  • City of Kyle Community Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Peace Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Peaks: 25
  • Pilot Knob: 12.1 mi
  • Woods Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Caldwell Knob: 13.3 mi
  • Flag Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Bastrop County High Point: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Jackson Tyler Norris Memorial Skate Park: 14.8 mi
  • Bear Creek Stables: 16.3 mi
  • Frate Barker Path: 17.8 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 19.3 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Twin Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 22.6 mi
Springs: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 17.4 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 20.0 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 20.6 mi
  • Purgatory Creek Overlook: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal HillWNW 302°353 m24.1 mi
Friday MountainWNW 296°325 m23.1 mi
Flintridge HillNNW 327°311 m24.2 mi
Mount LarsonNNW 333°277 m23.7 mi
Carpenter HillsWNW 290°269 m17.8 mi
Davis HillNW 314°266 m18.9 mi
Mount LucasNNW 337°265 m24.4 mi
Mount BarkerNNW 337°257 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3120:0020:35
September equinox07:2018:5719:28
December solstice07:2317:0017:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505460677581848579695951
Precip in2.62.13.22.74.73.02.42.63.25.13.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Creek 5 S, 8 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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