Bratton Cemetery
Bratton Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. Boultinghouse Mountain stands 418 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennedy Grace Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.8 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Cemetery in Travis County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q117668731, matched on coordinates and name (22 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1985
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 16.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kennedy Grace Park: 0.7 mi
- Frontier Park: 0.9 mi
- Chisholm Valley Park: 1.3 mi
- Willow Bend Park: 1.6 mi
- Buck Egger Park: 1.6 mi
- Merrilltown Cemetery: 1.9 mi
- Sam Bass' Death Site: 2.1 mi
- Otto Reinke Building: 2.1 mi
- Old Broom Factory Building: 2.1 mi
- Early Commercial Building: 2.1 mi
- Unity Park Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 3.3 mi
- Lamplight Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Native Texas Plants Garden: 5.1 mi
- Fort Dessau Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Two lion statues: 4.0 mi
- Giraffe statue: 4.1 mi
- Kalahari Resort sign: 4.1 mi
- Herd of elephant statues: 4.1 mi
- Termite mound sculpture: 4.1 mi
- Beck Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 8.2 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 9.4 mi
- Palm House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Bohls House: 5.2 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 5.9 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 6.3 mi
- The Williamson Museum: 10.9 mi
- Martin Hill: 1.8 mi
- Rabbit Hill: 7.3 mi
- Jaecks Hill: 8.1 mi
- Cat Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 5.4 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 5.6 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 8.0 mi
- Inner Space Cavern: 8.9 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 12.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 8.7 mi
- Link Falls: 9.0 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
- Small Falls: 13.4 mi
- Shady Spring: 5.6 mi
- Queen's Bath: 9.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 12.6 mi
- Apple Spring: 14.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 15.0 mi
- Fern Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 17.6 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 5.8 mi
- New Sweden: 11.2 mi
- McDuff: 22.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 19.7 mi
- Stone picnic table: 20.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bratton Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boultinghouse Mountain | WNW 284° | 418 m | 24.8 mi |
| Negrohead | WNW 284° | 405 m | 22.8 mi |
| Travis Peak | W 280° | 382 m | 21.0 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | WNW 294° | 366 m | 19.6 mi |
| Chalk Knob | SW 235° | 364 m | 22.5 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WSW 239° | 360 m | 20.3 mi |
| Barnett Knob | NNW 331° | 351 m | 22.4 mi |
| Tucker Knob | NNW 333° | 350 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:58 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453821478
Day trips start here
- Austin · 15 mi
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