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Lockwood Cemetery

Lockwood Cemetery from directly overhead

Lockwood Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Jollyville Plateau stands 340 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is East Metropolitan Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 8.8 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

cemetery in Travis County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117684802, matched on coordinates and name (61 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1998
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.28211, -97.50339
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Metropolitan Park: 1.3 mi
  • Little Webberville Park: 3.7 mi
  • Carriage Hills Park: 4.1 mi
  • Bell Farms Park South: 4.4 mi
  • Bell Farms Park North: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 52
Nature reserves: 42
Museums: 41
Peaks: 25
  • Bald Knob: 6.5 mi
  • Caldwell Knob: 9.2 mi
  • Hergotz Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 14.9 mi
  • Jaecks Hill: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 13.4 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 13.7 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 13.8 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 14.5 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Link Falls: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Springs: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 11.9 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 17.9 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 19.7 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 14.4 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 18.3 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jollyville PlateauWNW 291°340 m21.9 mi
Comanche PeakWNW 290°325 m23.6 mi
Dittmar HillW 269°324 m24.7 mi
Flintridge HillW 273°311 m19.7 mi
Rabbit HillNNW 333°293 m23.5 mi
Shepherd MountainWNW 287°286 m18.6 mi
Martin HillNW 316°284 m17.0 mi
Cat MountainWNW 286°283 m17.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1019:42
June solstice06:3020:0020:36
September equinox07:1918:5619:28
December solstice07:2316:5817:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505460687582848579705952
Precip in3.02.13.22.74.93.02.02.33.04.03.13.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453821308

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