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New Hope First Baptist Church and Cemetery

New Hope First Baptist Church and Cemetery from directly overhead

New Hope First Baptist Church and Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 306 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Peggy Garner Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.9 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1983
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.53229, -97.83645

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Peggy Garner Park: 0.5 mi
  • Coventry Crossing Park: 0.6 mi
  • New Hope Timberwood Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tumlinson Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bagdad Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Dancin': 0.7 mi
  • Wings: 0.8 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 0.8 mi
  • Sentinel: 0.8 mi
  • Ripples from a Spring: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
Nature reserves: 49
Peaks: 48
Museums: 37
  • Interpretive Center: 9.0 mi
  • Palm House Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Museum of Ice Cream: 11.1 mi
  • Museum of Illusions: 11.4 mi
  • The Williamson Museum: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Texas paintball: 4.8 mi
  • Inner Space Cavern: 10.3 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 11.5 mi
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 13.0 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Link Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Small Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
Springs: 8
  • Queen's Bath: 4.8 mi
  • Apple Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Shady Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 21.9 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 22.3 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of New Hope First Baptist Church and Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsSW 223°433 m21.9 mi
WildCat MountainWNW 288°429 m19.5 mi
North PeakWNW 289°425 m20.1 mi
Tater HillWNW 288°422 m16.4 mi
Boultinghouse MountainW 278°418 m15.1 mi
NegroheadW 277°405 m13.2 mi
Buzzard RoostWNW 299°391 m18.0 mi
Cedar MountainWSW 259°386 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0220:38
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
December solstice07:2516:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677481848478695850
Precip in2.62.03.02.34.14.42.82.33.44.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12454132194

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