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Champion Cemetery

Champion Cemetery from directly overhead

Champion Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Champion Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2002
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.51243, -97.75788

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Champion Park: 0.1 mi
  • Brushy Creek Greenbelt: 0.3 mi
  • Silverado Springs Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pearson Place Park: 0.9 mi
  • Olson Meadows Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Protected Promise: 4.0 mi
  • Family: 4.1 mi
  • The Messenger/11:11: 4.1 mi
  • Cerebral Drama: 4.1 mi
  • Spirit Totem: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 56
Nature reserves: 52
Peaks: 46
Museums: 39
  • Palm House Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Museum of Ice Cream: 7.8 mi
  • Museum of Illusions: 8.2 mi
  • The Williamson Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Bohls House: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Inner Space Cavern: 7.8 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 8.0 mi
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 9.0 mi
  • Texas paintball: 9.1 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hidden Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Link Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Small Falls: 12.0 mi
Springs: 7
  • Queen's Bath: 6.4 mi
  • Shady Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Apple Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 21.0 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 21.3 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 22.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Champion Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsSW 233°433 m24.4 mi
WildCat MountainWNW 288°429 m24.4 mi
Tater HillWNW 288°422 m21.3 mi
Boultinghouse MountainW 280°418 m19.9 mi
NegroheadW 280°405 m18.0 mi
Buzzard RoostWNW 296°391 m22.8 mi
Bald MountainW 277°383 m19.2 mi
Travis PeakW 275°382 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0220:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2516:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677481848478695850
Precip in2.62.03.02.34.14.42.82.33.44.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12454148899

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