Moore-Hancock Farmstead
Moore-Hancock Farmstead is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ramsey Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.4 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110002377, matched on coordinates and name (33 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1992
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 26.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ramsey Park: 0.6 mi
- Signature Park: 0.6 mi
- Woodrow Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
- Northwest Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Central Park: 1.1 mi
- Thicket: 1.6 mi
- Blue Blood: 2.0 mi
- Clock Knot: 2.2 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 2.2 mi
- Barbara Jordan Statue: 2.3 mi
- Austin Memorial Park Cemetery: 0.7 mi
- Congregation Beth Israel: 0.9 mi
- Austin State Hospital: 1.0 mi
- The Radkey House: 1.0 mi
- Austin State Hospital Cemetery: 1.1 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 4.9 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 1.0 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Garden patch: 2.2 mi
- Infant Jesus of Prague Garden: 2.2 mi
- Our Lady's Prayer Garden: 2.3 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 1.3 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 1.4 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 2.0 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 2.4 mi
- Mount Barker: 1.9 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 1.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 2.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.2 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 1.3 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.9 mi
- Lake Austin: 2.9 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 3.5 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 3.8 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.5 mi
- Link Falls: 4.6 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 6.4 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.6 mi
- Eliza Spring: 4.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 6.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 11.7 mi
- New Sweden: 14.9 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.0 mi
- McDuff: 17.9 mi
- Goforth: 20.9 mi
- Lytton Springs: 23.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 8.3 mi
- Stone picnic table: 9.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moore-Hancock Farmstead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 266° | 433 m | 20.6 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 245° | 406 m | 21.8 mi |
| Negrohead | NW 311° | 405 m | 24.8 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 311° | 382 m | 22.6 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 323° | 366 m | 23.8 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 262° | 364 m | 15.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 272° | 360 m | 13.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | SW 235° | 353 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821282
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