- Elevation, modelled
- 164 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 20.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail4.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2738, -97.7405
Heroes of the Alamo is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled 164 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas Rangers, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.2 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The Heroes of the Alamo Monument is an outdoor memorial commemorating those who fought and died during the Battle of the Alamo, installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds, in Austin, Texas, United States. It was designed by J.S. Clark, sculpted by Carl Rohl-Smith, and erected in 1891. The monument features a Texas Sunset Red Granite base topped by a bronze statue of a Texan carrying a muzzle-loading rifle. Among the names inscribed in the base's supports are James Bowie, David Crockett, and William B. Travis.
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Wikidata Q56420333, matched on coordinates and name (1 m apart).
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heroes of the Alamo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 20.7 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 253° | 429 m | 25.0 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 237° | 416 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 254° | 406 m | 20.8 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 316° | 382 m | 24.9 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 15.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 285° | 360 m | 14.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 246° | 353 m | 14.0 mi |
- 4.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Texas Rangers: 0.0 mi
- Southern Confederacy Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Volunteer Firemen Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Tejano Monument: 0.1 mi
- Texas African American History Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Goddess of Liberty: 0.1 mi
- The Ten Commandments: 0.1 mi
- The Price of Liberty: 0.1 mi
- Gear Grove: 0.2 mi
- Homeless Jesus: 0.3 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.1 mi
- Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Waterloo Park: 0.3 mi
- Wooldridge Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Symphony Square: 0.4 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.7 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.4 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.3 mi
- Congress Avenue Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
- Brazos Bluff: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.0 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.3 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 5.8 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.5 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.7 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.0 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.1 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.7 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.0 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.0 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.6 mi
- New Sweden: 16.5 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Goforth: 17.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.9 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.1 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.1 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
| 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).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 3 mi away.
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