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Fortress Home

Fortress Home from directly overhead

Fortress Home is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 217 m. Travis Peak stands 382 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Dessau Amenity Center, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 10 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1964
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.41021, -97.63879

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fort Dessau Amenity Center: 0.0 mi
  • Janet Long Fish Park at Harris Branch Greenbelt: 0.1 mi
  • Stoney Creek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Settler's Ridge Park: 1.0 mi
  • Retreat at Tech Ridge Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Lotus: 5.5 mi
  • Thicket: 7.4 mi
  • Two lion statues: 7.6 mi
  • Herd of elephant statues: 7.6 mi
  • Giraffe statue: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 56
Nature reserves: 54
Museums: 41
  • Bohls House: 2.9 mi
  • Museum of Ice Cream: 5.2 mi
  • Museum of Illusions: 5.3 mi
  • Palm House Museum: 7.2 mi
  • The Thinkery: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 36
Attractions: 16
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 2.5 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 4.6 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 5.8 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 9.9 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hidden Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Link Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Small Falls: 13.8 mi
Springs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 16.1 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 16.7 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Fern Bluff: 9.5 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 11.9 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 14.9 mi
  • Comanche Bluff: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fortress Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Travis PeakWNW 290°382 m24.8 mi
Round MountainWNW 301°366 m23.3 mi
Big Bear HillWNW 302°366 m24.2 mi
Chalk KnobWSW 249°364 m22.6 mi
Flint Rock HillWSW 254°360 m20.9 mi
Signal HillSW 231°353 m24.2 mi
Polecat KnobWNW 296°346 m21.3 mi
Hamilton HillWNW 303°345 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3020:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5817:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677481848478695850
Precip in2.62.03.02.34.14.42.82.33.44.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453821399

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