Granite Mountain
Granite Mountain is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Dancer Peak stands 525 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is VFW Park Baseball Field, a park 1.0 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail runs past it.
The story
Mountain in Burnet County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q5595892, matched on coordinates and name (512 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 10 mi
- Sunset Deck · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- VFW Park Baseball Field: 1.0 mi
- Rotary Park Ball Fields: 1.3 mi
- Westside Park: 1.5 mi
- The Greens Soccer Complex: 1.6 mi
- Johnson Park: 2.0 mi
- Marble Falls School Building: 1.0 mi
- Marble Falls Cemetery: 1.5 mi
- St. Frederick Baptist Church: 1.6 mi
- Brandt Badger House: 1.9 mi
- Governor O. M. Roberts' House: 1.9 mi
- Slaughter Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Kennison Rock: 2.2 mi
- Little Castle Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Castle Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.5 mi
- The Falls Museum: 1.0 mi
- CCC Museum: 7.1 mi
- Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 10.8 mi
- Fort Croghan Museum: 12.0 mi
- Burnet County Historical Jail: 12.2 mi
- Flatrock Spring: 5.6 mi
- Williams Spring: 8.2 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 11.7 mi
- Trough Spring: 18.4 mi
- Boiling Springs: 18.6 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 10.6 mi
- Devils Waterhole: 11.4 mi
- Black Rock: 15.1 mi
- Rocky Point: 15.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Dead Man's Hole: 4.9 mi
- Hill Country Overlook: 19.4 mi
- River Overlook: 19.5 mi
- Hamilton Pool: 20.1 mi
- Texas paintball: 23.9 mi
- Pogue Springs Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Hogge Parkland Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Reimers Natural Parkland Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Mormon Mill: 4.9 mi
- Click: 16.5 mi
- First United Methodist Church Prayer Garden: 12.8 mi
- Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 24.6 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancer Peak | WNW 286° | 525 m | 19.1 mi |
| Tabletop Mountain | SW 228° | 521 m | 19.5 mi |
| Howell Mountain | SW 222° | 504 m | 14.4 mi |
| Indian Peak | SW 235° | 496 m | 19.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SSW 210° | 491 m | 11.4 mi |
| Buffalo Peak | SSW 204° | 491 m | 16.8 mi |
| Potato Hill | N 5° | 484 m | 15.0 mi |
| Riley Mountains | W 274° | 484 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:13 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 17:01 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet Muni AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395281344
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