- Elevation, modelled
- 156 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 23.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail6.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:36local time
- Coordinates
- 30.1898, -97.7208
McKinney Homestead is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled 156 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McKinney Gristmill, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The McKinney Homestead is a former limestone home built between 1850 and 1852 by Thomas F. McKinney, owner of the surrounding land. The two-story homestead was continuously occupied until it burned in the 1940s. Archaeological investigations in 1974 determined the house was built with limestone quarried from Onion Creek. The framing lumber was cypress and cedar, both abundant on McKinney's land. The same wood was used for the doors, window frames and roof shakes. The house was approximately twenty foot by forty foot and had two stories. There were three rooms on each floor and a covered porch both upstairs and downstairs. Most of McKinney's land and the house were sold to James W. Smith in 1885, Smith's grandchildren granted 682 acres (2.76 km2) to the state of Texas in 1974. It opened as McKinney Falls State Park in 1976. The former homestead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It has since been stabilized to prevent further deterioration of the stone structure. The ruins can be accessed via the park's designated "Homestead Trail."
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Wikidata Q6801972, matched on coordinates and name (26 m apart).
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McKinney Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | WNW 289° | 433 m | 23.1 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 251° | 423 m | 24.4 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 251° | 416 m | 23.3 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | W 270° | 406 m | 21.1 mi |
| Chalk Knob | WNW 294° | 364 m | 17.6 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 302° | 360 m | 17.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | W 270° | 353 m | 14.0 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | NNW 332° | 340 m | 16.0 mi |
- 6.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 20.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 23.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sinkholes · 26 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 26 mi
- Sunset Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McKinney Gristmill: 0.1 mi
- Santiago Del Valle Grant: 0.5 mi
- Horse Trainer John Van Hagen's Cabin: 0.6 mi
- Old Lockheed Martin Drone Facility (historical): 1.4 mi
- Collins Cemetery: 1.7 mi
- McKinney Falls State Park: 0.2 mi
- Dove Springs District Park: 1.0 mi
- Pastor Edward Clarence Craig, Jr. Neighborhood Park: 1.3 mi
- Colorado Crossing Park: 1.5 mi
- MetCenter Disc Golf Course: 1.6 mi
- Good Luck Statue: 3.6 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 3.6 mi
- Reach for Your Dreams: 3.9 mi
- Cenotaphs: 4.0 mi
- Sculpture of Brazilian Carnaval Feather Costume: 4.1 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.2 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 5.0 mi
- Uplands: 5.8 mi
- Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 3.6 mi
- Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 3.9 mi
- Festival Beach Food Forest: 4.5 mi
- TexPop ATX: 5.0 mi
- Joseph And Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum: 5.4 mi
- O. Henry Museum: 5.4 mi
- Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center: 5.4 mi
- French Legation Museum: 5.4 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.3 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.1 mi
- Davis Hill: 7.0 mi
- Woods Hill: 8.1 mi
- Mount Larson: 9.3 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 5.0 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 5.1 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 5.4 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 5.9 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 6.1 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 0.2 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 0.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 7.9 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 8.7 mi
- Eliza Spring: 5.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 6.8 mi
- Seiders Spring: 8.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 14.5 mi
- Kirby Spring: 20.3 mi
- Goforth: 12.4 mi
- Lytton Springs: 14.3 mi
- McDuff: 15.6 mi
- Polonia: 17.3 mi
- New Sweden: 19.6 mi
- Stone picnic table: 0.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.9 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.3 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 23.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| 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: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Bergstrom Intl AP, 3 mi away.
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