Elisabet Ney
Elisabet Ney is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Elisabet Ney Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110025100, matched on coordinates and name (5 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shipe Park: 0.1 mi
- Huffstickler Green: 0.6 mi
- Sparky Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
- Central Park: 0.7 mi
- Bruning Green: 0.8 mi
- Clock Knot: 1.3 mi
- Mustangs: 1.4 mi
- Nessy: 1.4 mi
- The Swan's Dream of Leda: 1.4 mi
- History of Black Bronze I: 1.4 mi
- Hodnette House: 0.1 mi
- Kopperl House: 0.2 mi
- Hyde Park: 0.2 mi
- Williams-Weigl House: 0.2 mi
- Wells-LaRue House: 0.2 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 0.6 mi
- Patterson Park Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Garden patch: 1.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.6 mi
- Este Garden: 1.6 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 0.0 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 1.4 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 1.4 mi
- The Thinkery: 1.4 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 1.5 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.0 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.2 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.9 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 2.1 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.7 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.4 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 3.5 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.8 mi
- Link Falls: 5.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.5 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.2 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.5 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.9 mi
- Shady Spring: 6.7 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.0 mi
- New Sweden: 14.6 mi
- McDuff: 16.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.5 mi
- Goforth: 20.1 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.9 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.1 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.9 mi
- Stone picnic table: 8.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elisabet Ney. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 269° | 433 m | 21.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 249° | 406 m | 22.3 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 311° | 382 m | 23.9 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 266° | 364 m | 15.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 276° | 360 m | 14.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 239° | 353 m | 15.8 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 320° | 346 m | 21.6 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 327° | 345 m | 22.0 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453821417
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- Austin · 3 mi
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