Family Home of Dr. R. K. Smoot
Family Home of Dr. R. K. Smoot is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Las Ventanas, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.2 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1965
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 25.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 23.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Austin Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- Caldwell Treaty Oak Park: 0.3 mi
- Volma Overton Sr. Beach at Town Lake Metro Park: 0.4 mi
- Duncan Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
- Wood Street Park: 0.5 mi
- ATX: 0.4 mi
- Accordion 16: 0.6 mi
- Cloud Pavilion: 0.6 mi
- Open Room Austin: 0.6 mi
- Golden Afternoon: 0.6 mi
- Las Ventanas: 0.1 mi
- William Green Hill House: 0.3 mi
- Mathews School: 0.3 mi
- Confederate Men's Home: 0.3 mi
- TMI Castle: 0.4 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.5 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.5 mi
- Uplands: 4.1 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- Hartman Prehistoric Garden: 0.8 mi
- Oriental Garden: 0.8 mi
- Green Garden: 0.8 mi
- Zilker Botanical Garden: 0.8 mi
- Butterfly Trail: 0.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.3 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.6 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.9 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 4.7 mi
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 0.8 mi
- Charles Moore House: 0.8 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 0.9 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 0.9 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center on Congress Avenue;The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center: 1.1 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 0.7 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 1.0 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.3 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.3 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.6 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 3.9 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 4.3 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.4 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.5 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 0.8 mi
- Eliza Spring: 0.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.1 mi
- New Sweden: 17.4 mi
- Goforth: 17.6 mi
- McDuff: 18.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.6 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.9 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.5 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Family Home of Dr. R. K. Smoot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 19.6 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 252° | 429 m | 23.9 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 237° | 423 m | 24.9 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | SW 235° | 416 m | 23.9 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 253° | 406 m | 19.7 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 318° | 382 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 13.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 286° | 360 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821409
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- Austin · 1 mi
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