Fiskville
Fiskville is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Payton Gin Pocket Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 8.7 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2004
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 19.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Payton Gin Pocket Park: 0.0 mi
- Barrington School Park: 0.4 mi
- Ron Rigsby Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- City of Austin/YMCA North Austin Community Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
- Barwood Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 3.4 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 4.7 mi
- Juan Navarro High School Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- North Austin Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Zen Garden: 1.7 mi
- Asian American Resource Center Intergenerational Garden: 1.7 mi
- Infant Jesus of Prague Garden: 1.9 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 3.1 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 3.4 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 3.8 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 3.8 mi
- The Thinkery: 4.2 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.7 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.8 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 5.0 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 1.6 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 3.2 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 3.3 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 4.8 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 5.7 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.6 mi
- Link Falls: 5.0 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Small Falls: 9.7 mi
- Shady Spring: 2.8 mi
- Seiders Spring: 4.6 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 7.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 7.7 mi
- Queen's Bath: 11.4 mi
- New Sweden: 11.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 13.7 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Goforth: 23.8 mi
- Lytton Springs: 25.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 11.7 mi
- Stone picnic table: 11.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 13.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Seismic Wall: 9.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fiskville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 260° | 433 m | 23.4 mi |
| Travis Peak | WNW 302° | 382 m | 23.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 313° | 366 m | 22.6 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 314° | 366 m | 23.5 mi |
| Chalk Knob | WSW 255° | 364 m | 18.0 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 263° | 360 m | 16.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | SW 233° | 353 m | 19.1 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 310° | 346 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821401
Day trips start here
- Austin · 7 mi
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