Camp Mabry
Camp Mabry is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Major John B. Jones, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.2 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Administrative building at 2200 W. 35th St. Austin, Texas.
Wikidata Q107317453, matched on coordinates and name (54 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 26.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mayfield Park: 0.7 mi
- Signature Park: 0.7 mi
- Seiders Springs Park: 0.7 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria: 0.9 mi
- Shoal Creek Greenbelt: 0.9 mi
- Blue Blood: 0.9 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 1.9 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 1.9 mi
- Barbara Jordan Statue: 1.9 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 2.0 mi
- Major John B. Jones: 0.1 mi
- Texas in the Civil War - Federal Forces: 0.3 mi
- Adjutants General: 0.3 mi
- Lilia and Josephine Casis: 0.5 mi
- The Radkey House: 0.5 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Garden patch: 1.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 2.0 mi
- Experimental Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 0.3 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 0.9 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 1.7 mi
- Charles Moore House: 1.8 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 2.0 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 1.1 mi
- Mount Barker: 1.3 mi
- Mount Lucas: 1.6 mi
- Mount Larson: 2.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 0.3 mi
- Lake Austin: 1.6 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.5 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.9 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 3.3 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.9 mi
- Link Falls: 4.9 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 0.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.4 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.4 mi
- Queen's Bath: 11.8 mi
- New Sweden: 16.2 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.1 mi
- McDuff: 18.7 mi
- Goforth: 20.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 22.8 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.7 mi
- Stone picnic table: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Mabry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 268° | 433 m | 19.5 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 247° | 429 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 246° | 406 m | 20.6 mi |
| Negrohead | NW 314° | 405 m | 24.5 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 314° | 382 m | 22.3 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 326° | 366 m | 23.8 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 265° | 364 m | 13.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 275° | 360 m | 12.9 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 | 20:02 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453821473
Day trips start here
- Austin · 3 mi
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