Parque Zaragoza
Parque Zaragoza is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Parque Zaragoza Neighborhood Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.6 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Building at 2608 Gonzales St. Austin, Texas.
Wikidata Q107317492, matched on coordinates and name (42 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2015
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 21.0 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parque Zaragoza Neighborhood Park: 0.1 mi
- Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center: 0.3 mi
- The Guthrie Park: 0.5 mi
- Boggy Creek Greenbelt: 0.6 mi
- College Row Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
- Absolute Equality: Unity Tunnel: 0.9 mi
- Don Vito Alessio Robles: 1.0 mi
- Ghost Harps: 1.0 mi
- East 11th Street: 1.1 mi
- Cenotaphs: 1.3 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.9 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 4.4 mi
- E.R. Fincher III Garden: 0.7 mi
- SFC Teaching Garden: 1.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.2 mi
- Ellie's Garden: 1.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.3 mi
- George Washington Carver Museum: 1.0 mi
- Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center: 1.0 mi
- Republic of Texas Museum: 1.3 mi
- Texas Music Museum: 1.3 mi
- Republic of Texas History Center: 1.3 mi
- Zavala Elementary School: 0.6 mi
- L. C. Anderson High School and Integration of Austin's Public Schools: 0.6 mi
- Rosewood Park: 0.7 mi
- Mount Olive Baptist Church: 0.7 mi
- Tillotson College: 0.7 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 3.9 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 5.5 mi
- Mount Barker: 5.7 mi
- Mount Larson: 5.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 6.0 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.9 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.0 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 2.1 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 5.1 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 5.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.1 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 6.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 7.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.5 mi
- Seiders Spring: 3.7 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.8 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 16.1 mi
- McDuff: 15.1 mi
- New Sweden: 15.6 mi
- Goforth: 17.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 18.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Stone picnic table: 5.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 6.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parque Zaragoza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 277° | 433 m | 22.6 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 257° | 406 m | 22.2 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 277° | 364 m | 16.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 286° | 360 m | 16.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 251° | 353 m | 15.3 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 323° | 346 m | 24.6 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NNW 330° | 343 m | 23.4 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | NW 319° | 340 m | 12.2 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 | 20:36 |
| 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: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821259
Day trips start here
- Austin · 2 mi
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