Addcox House
Addcox House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hancock Recreation Center, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110024934, matched on coordinates and name (2 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1999
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Huffstickler Green: 0.4 mi
- Eastwoods Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Sparky Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
- Cherrywood Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
- Grackle Green: 0.7 mi
- History of Black Bronze I: 0.8 mi
- Amphora: 0.8 mi
- The Swan's Dream of Leda: 0.8 mi
- Prometheus and Vulture: 0.8 mi
- Winged Victory: 0.8 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 5.4 mi
- Este Garden: 0.8 mi
- Alamo Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Patterson Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Garden patch: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Hancock Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
- Stanley and Emily Finch House: 0.5 mi
- The Shipe House: 0.6 mi
- Williams-Weigl House: 0.6 mi
- Philquist-Wood House: 0.6 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 0.7 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 0.8 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 0.8 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 0.9 mi
- The Thinkery: 1.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.5 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.6 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.3 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.2 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.0 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 2.6 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.7 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 2.8 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.2 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 6.4 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.6 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.4 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.8 mi
- New Sweden: 14.8 mi
- McDuff: 16.3 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.2 mi
- Goforth: 19.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.7 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.3 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Addcox House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 271° | 433 m | 21.7 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 251° | 406 m | 22.2 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 312° | 382 m | 24.6 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 269° | 364 m | 16.0 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 279° | 360 m | 15.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 242° | 353 m | 15.6 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 321° | 346 m | 22.3 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 327° | 345 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821512
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- Austin · 2 mi
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