Brizendine House
Brizendine House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Edward Clark House Outbuilding, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.9 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q4971745, matched on coordinates and name (6 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1974
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 24.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 22.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wooldridge Square Park: 0.1 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.3 mi
- Duncan Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
- Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Wood Street Park: 0.3 mi
- The Ten Commandments: 0.3 mi
- Gear Grove: 0.3 mi
- Goddess of Liberty: 0.4 mi
- Black Austin Matters: 0.4 mi
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla: 0.4 mi
- Edward Clark House Outbuilding: 0.1 mi
- George W. Sampson Home: 0.1 mi
- Third Site for Travis County Government: 0.1 mi
- Zachary Taylor Fulmore: 0.1 mi
- Pease School: 0.1 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.6 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.1 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.6 mi
- Congress Avenue Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
- Brazos Bluff: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 0.2 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center on Congress Avenue;The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center: 0.4 mi
- Capitol Complex Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
- Mexic-Arte Museum: 0.5 mi
- Texas Toy Museum and Arcade: 0.6 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.6 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.7 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.1 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 5.5 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.8 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.0 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.0 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.0 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.3 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 4.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.1 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.1 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.3 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.6 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 1.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.4 mi
- New Sweden: 16.7 mi
- McDuff: 17.3 mi
- Goforth: 17.6 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.3 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.3 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brizendine House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 20.4 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 253° | 429 m | 24.7 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 236° | 416 m | 24.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 253° | 406 m | 20.4 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 317° | 382 m | 24.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 14.7 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 285° | 360 m | 14.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 245° | 353 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
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/12453821477
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