Penn and Nellie Wooldridge House
Penn and Nellie Wooldridge House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Jane Yelvington McCallum, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110025153, matched on coordinates and name (1 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2003
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- Central Park: 0.5 mi
- Sparky Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- Bailey Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
- Shoal Creek Greenbelt: 0.5 mi
- Clock Knot: 0.7 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 0.7 mi
- Barbara Jordan Statue: 0.8 mi
- Monochrome for Austin: 0.8 mi
- Vermillion: 0.8 mi
- Jane Yelvington McCallum: 0.1 mi
- Buddington-Benedict-Sheffield Compound: 0.1 mi
- Whitley-Keltner House: 0.3 mi
- Jacob Leser House: 0.4 mi
- Texas Confederate Woman's Home: 0.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Garden patch: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 1.4 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Este Garden: 1.6 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 0.9 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 0.9 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 1.0 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 1.0 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 1.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.5 mi
- Mount Barker: 2.7 mi
- Mount Lucas: 2.9 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.2 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.3 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 1.6 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.2 mi
- Lake Austin: 2.7 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.7 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.5 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.6 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.8 mi
- Seiders Spring: 0.7 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.5 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.0 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.1 mi
- New Sweden: 15.5 mi
- McDuff: 17.3 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.3 mi
- Goforth: 19.4 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.7 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.1 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.0 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.7 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Penn and Nellie Wooldridge House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 271° | 433 m | 20.7 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 249° | 406 m | 21.3 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 313° | 382 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 268° | 364 m | 15.0 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 278° | 360 m | 14.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 240° | 353 m | 14.8 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 322° | 346 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 329° | 345 m | 22.0 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821254
Day trips start here
- Austin · 2 mi
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