Round Rock Volunteer Fire Department
Round Rock Volunteer Fire Department is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Boultinghouse Mountain stands 418 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenhill Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 7.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1984
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 16.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenhill Park: 0.3 mi
- Bowman Park: 0.9 mi
- Somerset park: 0.9 mi
- Stella Park: 1.0 mi
- Settlement Park: 1.0 mi
- Harrell Cemetery: 0.5 mi
- In Memory of The Pioneer Builders: 1.1 mi
- William M. Owen House Complex: 1.2 mi
- Slave Burial Ground in Old Round Rock Cemetery: 1.2 mi
- Barker House: 1.3 mi
- Two lion statues: 3.2 mi
- Giraffe statue: 3.2 mi
- Kalahari Resort sign: 3.2 mi
- Water buffalo statue: 3.2 mi
- Herd of elephant statues: 3.2 mi
- Unity Park Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 3.8 mi
- Reagan Garden: 6.6 mi
- Laura Kuykendall Garden: 7.2 mi
- Southwestern University Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Beck Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Westside Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - Lime Creek: 10.9 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 11.2 mi
- Baker Sanctuary: 11.3 mi
- Palm House Museum: 1.6 mi
- The Williamson Museum: 7.3 mi
- Bohls House: 7.8 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 9.3 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 9.7 mi
- Rabbit Hill: 3.6 mi
- Martin Hill: 5.2 mi
- Jaecks Hill: 8.4 mi
- Signal Hill: 12.2 mi
- Queen Hill: 12.7 mi
- Inner Space Cavern: 5.2 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 9.0 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 9.1 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 11.5 mi
- Texas paintball: 13.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 11.7 mi
- Link Falls: 12.0 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
- Small Falls: 15.7 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.3 mi
- Queen's Bath: 10.7 mi
- Apple Spring: 13.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 16.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 18.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Bird Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Seismic Wall: 21.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 23.1 mi
- Stone picnic table: 23.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 24.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 4.0 mi
- New Sweden: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Round Rock Volunteer Fire Department. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boultinghouse Mountain | W 275° | 418 m | 24.0 mi |
| Negrohead | W 274° | 405 m | 22.1 mi |
| Travis Peak | W 270° | 382 m | 20.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 322° | 368 m | 20.3 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 280° | 367 m | 23.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 281° | 366 m | 17.6 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | WNW 284° | 366 m | 18.2 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | SW 231° | 360 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:58 | 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 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12454132174
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- Austin · 19 mi
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