Rose Hill Cemetery
Rose Hill Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Jollyville Plateau stands 340 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Presidential Glen Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 8.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Cemetery in Travis County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q117510283, matched on coordinates and name (95 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2009
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 17.5 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 20.2 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Presidential Glen Park: 1.5 mi
- Presidential Glen Amenity Center: 1.5 mi
- Greenbury Village Park: 1.5 mi
- Bell Farms Park North: 2.0 mi
- Timmermann Park: 2.1 mi
- Manor Cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Bloor House: 2.6 mi
- City of Manor: 2.8 mi
- New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church: 3.2 mi
- Clayton Vocational Institute: 3.2 mi
- Native Texas Plants Garden: 6.9 mi
- Fort Dessau Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Zen Garden: 9.6 mi
- Asian American Resource Center Intergenerational Garden: 9.6 mi
- North Austin Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Lotus: 9.6 mi
- Ocho: 11.4 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 11.7 mi
- Thicket: 11.9 mi
- The Hutto Hippo: 11.9 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 7.4 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Bohls House: 6.9 mi
- Elgin Depot Museum: 9.4 mi
- Coupland Depot Museum: 10.0 mi
- The Thinkery: 11.9 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 12.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.8 mi
- Jaecks Hill: 9.0 mi
- Martin Hill: 12.2 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 12.3 mi
- Mount Lucas: 15.1 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 9.5 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 11.5 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 11.9 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 14.1 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 14.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 14.9 mi
- Link Falls: 15.3 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 15.6 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 17.4 mi
- New Sweden: 2.6 mi
- McDuff: 10.9 mi
- Palm Valley: 13.1 mi
- Dunstan: 18.0 mi
- Phelan: 18.9 mi
- Shady Spring: 10.0 mi
- Seiders Spring: 14.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 16.3 mi
- Eliza Spring: 16.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 20.3 mi
- Bird Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Seismic Wall: 18.7 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Stone picnic table: 17.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 19.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rose Hill Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jollyville Plateau | W 275° | 340 m | 19.2 mi |
| Comanche Peak | W 275° | 325 m | 21.0 mi |
| Dittmar Hill | WSW 255° | 324 m | 24.3 mi |
| Flintridge Hill | WSW 255° | 311 m | 19.1 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | NNW 327° | 293 m | 17.5 mi |
| Shepherd Mountain | W 267° | 286 m | 16.6 mi |
| Martin Hill | WNW 299° | 284 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cat Mountain | W 265° | 283 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453821232
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