Decker United Methodist Church and Community
Decker United Methodist Church and Community is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Chalk Knob stands 364 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 12 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Cemetery in Travis County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q117651154, matched on coordinates and name (52 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1973
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 14.7 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 19.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Northeast Park: 1.9 mi
- Agave Neighborhood Park: 2.3 mi
- Davis White Northeast Neighborhood Park: 2.4 mi
- Burr Field: 2.7 mi
- Harris Branch Neighborhood Park: 2.8 mi
- Lotus: 4.4 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 4.8 mi
- Ocho: 4.8 mi
- Arachnophilia: 5.1 mi
- Nessy: 5.4 mi
- Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Cemetery: 1.6 mi
- Barr Mansion: 3.5 mi
- Site of the Home of Reuben Hornsby: 3.6 mi
- Josephus Hornsby: 3.7 mi
- John Williams and Howell Haggett: 3.7 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Asian American Resource Center Intergenerational Garden: 4.4 mi
- Zen Garden: 4.4 mi
- Monoculture: 5.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 5.4 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 3.1 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- The Thinkery: 5.4 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 6.6 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 6.9 mi
- George Washington Carver Museum: 7.0 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 7.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.3 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.6 mi
- Mount Barker: 9.4 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 9.4 mi
- Mount Lucas: 9.5 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 7.4 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 7.4 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 7.5 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 7.7 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 8.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 10.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 10.6 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 10.8 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
- Link Falls: 10.9 mi
- New Sweden: 9.2 mi
- McDuff: 10.9 mi
- Palm Valley: 16.2 mi
- Dunstan: 19.9 mi
- Phelan: 20.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.5 mi
- Seiders Spring: 7.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 9.6 mi
- Eliza Spring: 9.7 mi
- Queen's Bath: 17.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Seismic Wall: 11.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Stone picnic table: 10.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 12.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Decker United Methodist Church and Community. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Knob | W 267° | 364 m | 22.5 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 273° | 360 m | 21.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 248° | 353 m | 21.8 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NW 314° | 343 m | 24.3 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | WNW 293° | 340 m | 14.9 mi |
| Maul Hill | W 275° | 330 m | 21.1 mi |
| Comanche Peak | WNW 292° | 325 m | 16.7 mi |
| Friday Mountain | WSW 242° | 325 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821440
Day trips start here
- Austin · 8 mi
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