Bloor House
Bloor House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Jollyville Plateau stands 340 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Jennie Lane Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 11 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic place in Manor, Travis County, Texas
Wikidata Q110025357, matched on coordinates and name (2 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1982
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 16.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 19.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jennie Lane Park: 0.1 mi
- Ben E. Fisher Park: 0.7 mi
- Timmermann Park: 1.2 mi
- Bell Farms Park South: 1.6 mi
- Greenbury Village Park: 1.6 mi
- City of Manor: 0.2 mi
- Manor Cemetery: 0.3 mi
- Clayton Vocational Institute: 0.6 mi
- Rose Hill Cemetery: 2.6 mi
- Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Cemetery: 3.0 mi
- Lotus: 7.4 mi
- Ocho: 8.9 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 9.1 mi
- Arachnophilia: 9.4 mi
- Nessy: 9.5 mi
- Fort Dessau Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Native Texas Plants Garden: 6.9 mi
- Asian American Resource Center Intergenerational Garden: 7.4 mi
- Zen Garden: 7.4 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 5.3 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Bohls House: 7.2 mi
- The Thinkery: 9.5 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 10.5 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 10.5 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 10.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.2 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 9.7 mi
- Jaecks Hill: 10.7 mi
- Martin Hill: 11.7 mi
- Mount Barker: 12.9 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 8.3 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 10.1 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 10.2 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 11.6 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 11.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 13.1 mi
- Link Falls: 13.5 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 14.8 mi
- New Sweden: 5.0 mi
- McDuff: 10.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 14.1 mi
- Dunstan: 18.3 mi
- Phelan: 18.9 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 11.7 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 13.8 mi
- Eliza Spring: 13.9 mi
- Queen's Bath: 19.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Seismic Wall: 16.1 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 14.6 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 17.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bloor House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jollyville Plateau | W 281° | 340 m | 17.6 mi |
| Maul Hill | W 268° | 330 m | 24.6 mi |
| Comanche Peak | WNW 281° | 325 m | 19.3 mi |
| Dittmar Hill | WSW 258° | 324 m | 22.0 mi |
| White Rim Mountain | WNW 297° | 322 m | 24.2 mi |
| Flintridge Hill | WSW 259° | 311 m | 16.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 272° | 311 m | 23.8 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | NNW 335° | 293 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:58 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821484
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