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Dr. Robert Lee "R.L" Moore

Dr. Robert Lee "R.L" Moore from directly overhead

Dr. Robert Lee "R.L" Moore is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gerhard-Schoch House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.4 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2008
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.28705, -97.74462

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Honors Quad: 0.3 mi
  • Pease District Park: 0.5 mi
  • Shoal Creek Greenbelt: 0.6 mi
  • Capitol Mall: 0.6 mi
  • Austin Recreation Center: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Garden patch: 0.4 mi
  • Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Alamo Community Garden: 1.5 mi
Museums: 40
Peaks: 39
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.8 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 1.6 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.9 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.9 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 1.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 4.0 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.4 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.3 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.1 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 7.0 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.3 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dr. Robert Lee "R.L" Moore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 273°433 m20.4 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 251°406 m20.8 mi
Travis PeakNW 315°382 m24.1 mi
Round MountainNW 326°366 m24.6 mi
Chalk KnobW 271°364 m14.8 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 281°360 m14.0 mi
Signal HillWSW 242°353 m14.2 mi
Polecat KnobNW 324°346 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453821427

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