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Jacob Fontaine

Jacob Fontaine from directly overhead

Jacob Fontaine is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is George Washington Glasscock, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1986
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.27637, -97.72846

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Swede Hill Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
  • Health Learning Building Courtyard: 0.3 mi
  • Lott Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
  • Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Waterloo Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Spiral of the Galaxy: 0.3 mi
  • Wall painting for Austin: 0.5 mi
  • East 11th Street: 0.5 mi
  • You are my butter half mural: 0.6 mi
  • The Price of Liberty: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 52
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Ellie's Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Alamo Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Museums: 39
Peaks: 37
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.4 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 0.7 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.5 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 1.6 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 6.3 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 2.8 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.8 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 17.0 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 6.1 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.7 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 275°433 m21.4 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 254°406 m21.5 mi
Chalk KnobW 274°364 m15.8 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 283°360 m15.1 mi
Signal HillWSW 246°353 m14.7 mi
Polecat KnobNW 323°346 m23.2 mi
Hamilton HillNNW 330°345 m23.7 mi
Jess Maynard HillNNW 331°343 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485360677481848478685951

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453821349

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