Community of Valley Spring
Community of Valley Spring is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 403 m. Lime Peak stands 600 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Spring Cemetery, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 11 miles off.
The story
Human settlement in Llano County, Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q7912204, matched on coordinates and name (287 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1970
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 17.9 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Phillips Rock: 1.4 mi
- Deer Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Magill Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Rough Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Valley Spring Cemetery: 0.8 mi
- Valley Springs Primitive Baptist Church: 3.1 mi
- Salem Cemetery: 4.3 mi
- Huffman Cemetery: 6.1 mi
- Baby Head Cemetery: 9.9 mi
- Robinson City Park: 9.8 mi
- Badu Park: 10.9 mi
- Leonard Grenwelge County Park: 11.3 mi
- Lower Colorado River Authority Park: 22.1 mi
- Llano County Park: 22.6 mi
- Mulberry Spring: 17.6 mi
- Morgan Springs: 19.8 mi
- Boiling Springs: 20.3 mi
- Post Oak Spring: 23.1 mi
- Gorman Spring: 23.9 mi
- Apex: 10.0 mi
- Pontotoc: 10.2 mi
- Bettina: 13.5 mi
- Hedwigs Hill: 21.8 mi
- Chimney Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Black Rock: 22.4 mi
- Hickory Bluff: 22.5 mi
- Chism Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Llano County Museum: 11.1 mi
- Hill Country Wildlife Museum: 11.3 mi
- San Saba County Historical Museum: 24.1 mi
- Pontotoc Winery: 10.2 mi
- Gorman Falls: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Community of Valley Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Peak | W 269° | 600 m | 15.7 mi |
| Shin Oak Mountain | NNW 341° | 587 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bee Benchmark | NW 315° | 580 m | 5.2 mi |
| High Point | WNW 293° | 575 m | 11.9 mi |
| Lone Oak Mountain | NW 310° | 568 m | 5.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 292° | 558 m | 16.8 mi |
| House Mountain | SSW 198° | 558 m | 19.3 mi |
| Smoothingiron Mountain | W 269° | 556 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:15 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 20:07 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 17:02 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 68 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Llano, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12452327251
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