Platt-Simpson Building
Platt-Simpson Building is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is J. L. Buaas Building, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.1 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas
Wikidata Q110025154, matched on coordinates and name (1 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1982
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- J. L. Buaas Building: 0.1 mi
- Saint David's Episcopal Church: 0.1 mi
- Driskill Hotel: 0.1 mi
- Sixth Street: 0.1 mi
- Site of John Bremond & Company: 0.1 mi
- Brush Square: 0.1 mi
- Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Sir Swante Palm Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.4 mi
- Symphony Square: 0.4 mi
- Tejedoras del Espíritu: 0.2 mi
- Dale Shine: 0.2 mi
- Homeless Jesus: 0.2 mi
- The Sisterhood of Two Hearts: 0.2 mi
- Lead to Live: 0.2 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.3 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.2 mi
- Congress Avenue Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Brazos Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.5 mi
- Explorers Garden: 0.5 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Museum of the Weird: 0.1 mi
- O. Henry Museum: 0.1 mi
- Joseph And Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum: 0.1 mi
- Mexic-Arte Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center on Congress Avenue;The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center: 0.2 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 4.2 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.3 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.5 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.7 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.6 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 0.6 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 0.7 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.9 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.5 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 5.6 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 5.8 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.7 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 15.0 mi
- New Sweden: 16.7 mi
- McDuff: 16.8 mi
- Goforth: 17.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 19.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.3 mi
- Bird Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.9 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.2 mi
- Stone picnic table: 5.6 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.8 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Platt-Simpson Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 276° | 433 m | 20.8 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 254° | 429 m | 24.9 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 238° | 416 m | 24.6 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 255° | 406 m | 20.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 276° | 364 m | 15.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 286° | 360 m | 14.6 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 247° | 353 m | 13.9 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 325° | 346 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
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/12453821246
Day trips start here
- Austin · 0 mi
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