Congregation Beth Israel
Congregation Beth Israel is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Seiders Oaks, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Reform synagogue in Austin, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q5160607, matched on coordinates and name (27 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1994
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 26.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seiders Springs Park: 0.2 mi
- Ramsey Park: 0.4 mi
- Bailey Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Shoal Creek Greenbelt: 0.5 mi
- Central Park: 0.5 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 1.4 mi
- Clock Knot: 1.5 mi
- Barbara Jordan Statue: 1.5 mi
- Monochrome for Austin: 1.6 mi
- Pedogna: 1.6 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Seiders Oaks: 0.2 mi
- The Radkey House: 0.2 mi
- Jacob Leser House: 0.5 mi
- Austin State Hospital: 0.6 mi
- Splitrock (Burns-Klein House): 0.7 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 1.4 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Garden patch: 1.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.6 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 0.9 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 1.3 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 1.7 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 1.8 mi
- Mount Barker: 1.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 2.1 mi
- Mount Larson: 2.7 mi
- Cat Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 0.9 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.1 mi
- Lake Austin: 2.3 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.1 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.2 mi
- Link Falls: 5.2 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 0.2 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.7 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 12.2 mi
- New Sweden: 15.6 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.9 mi
- McDuff: 18.0 mi
- Goforth: 20.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 22.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.4 mi
- Stone picnic table: 8.5 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Congregation Beth Israel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 269° | 433 m | 20.2 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 247° | 406 m | 21.2 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 313° | 382 m | 22.9 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 325° | 366 m | 24.3 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 266° | 364 m | 14.6 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 276° | 360 m | 13.7 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 237° | 353 m | 14.8 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 322° | 346 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821449
Day trips start here
- Austin · 3 mi
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