Longhorn Cavern Administration Building
Longhorn Cavern Administration Building is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 415 m. Pyramid Rock stands 531 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is CCC Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Historic place in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas.
Dates from 1936.
Wikidata Q97573506, matched on coordinates and name (18 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1989
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 3 mi
- Sunset Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Longhorn Caverns: 0.0 mi
- Falkenstein Castle: 1.4 mi
- Hoover's Valley Cemetery: 2.2 mi
- The Tobey Community Cemetery: 3.2 mi
- Fisher - Miller Grant: 4.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.8 mi
- Backbone Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Slaughter Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Bill Pickett Hill: 6.8 mi
- Longhorn Cavern State Park: 0.7 mi
- Inks Lake State Park: 4.0 mi
- Packsaddle Elementary School Playground: 6.1 mi
- Granite Shoals Park: 6.5 mi
- Reveille Peak Ranch: 7.5 mi
- Williams Spring: 1.7 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 6.6 mi
- Flatrock Spring: 12.5 mi
- Boiling Springs: 12.8 mi
- Trough Spring: 12.9 mi
- Devils Waterhole: 4.4 mi
- Black Rock: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Point: 8.5 mi
- White Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 16.8 mi
- CCC Museum: 0.0 mi
- Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 7.8 mi
- The Falls Museum: 8.0 mi
- Fort Croghan Museum: 8.4 mi
- Burnet County Historical Jail: 9.0 mi
- Mormon Mill: 7.7 mi
- Click: 15.7 mi
- Dead Man's Hole: 11.9 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Longhorn Cavern Administration Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Rock | WSW 258° | 531 m | 18.1 mi |
| Dancer Peak | W 266° | 525 m | 15.3 mi |
| Howell Mountain | SSW 201° | 504 m | 18.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | S 189° | 491 m | 16.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 27° | 484 m | 9.6 mi |
| Riley Mountains | WSW 251° | 484 m | 15.9 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | N 359° | 484 m | 17.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | S 184° | 480 m | 16.0 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 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395279997
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