Seiders Oaks
Seiders Oaks is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Seiders Springs Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.7 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1967
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 26.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seiders Springs Park: 0.0 mi
- Bailey Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
- Shoal Creek Greenbelt: 0.4 mi
- Central Park: 0.5 mi
- Ramsey Park: 0.6 mi
- Congregation Beth Israel: 0.2 mi
- The Radkey House: 0.3 mi
- Jacob Leser House: 0.4 mi
- Splitrock (Burns-Klein House): 0.5 mi
- Jane Yelvington McCallum: 0.6 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 1.3 mi
- Clock Knot: 1.3 mi
- Barbara Jordan Statue: 1.3 mi
- Monochrome for Austin: 1.4 mi
- Pedogna: 1.5 mi
- Garden patch: 1.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.4 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 1.4 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 1.0 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 1.3 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 1.3 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 1.3 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 1.5 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 1.8 mi
- Mount Barker: 2.0 mi
- Mount Lucas: 2.2 mi
- Mount Larson: 2.7 mi
- Cat Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 1.0 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.0 mi
- Lake Austin: 2.2 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.8 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.9 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.3 mi
- Link Falls: 5.4 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.5 mi
- Seiders Spring: 0.0 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.5 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 12.4 mi
- New Sweden: 15.7 mi
- McDuff: 17.9 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.0 mi
- Goforth: 19.8 mi
- Lytton Springs: 22.3 mi
- Bird Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.2 mi
- Stone picnic table: 8.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seiders Oaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 269° | 433 m | 20.2 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 248° | 406 m | 21.1 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 313° | 382 m | 23.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 325° | 366 m | 23.4 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 325° | 366 m | 24.4 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 266° | 364 m | 14.6 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 276° | 360 m | 13.7 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 237° | 353 m | 14.7 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821223
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- Austin · 3 mi
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