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Shady Grove Community

Shady Grove Community from directly overhead

Shady Grove Community is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 370 m. Long Mountain stands 490 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Town of Strickling, a historic site 2.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 17 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1979
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.81713, -98.08349

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Panther Park: 5.0 mi
  • Johnnie Mae Wheeler Park: 5.4 mi
  • Wallace Riddell Park: 9.0 mi
  • Live Oak Park: 9.1 mi
  • Hamilton Creek Park: 9.7 mi
Peaks
  • Post Mountain: 10.6 mi
  • Buzzard Roost: 11.0 mi
  • Potato Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 11.6 mi
  • Bald Knob: 11.9 mi
Springs: 15
  • Trough Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Fourmile Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Persimmon Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Adams Spring: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 8
  • Burnet County Historical Jail: 9.4 mi
  • Fort Croghan Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 10.5 mi
  • Interpretive Center: 15.5 mi
  • Lampasas County Museum: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 4
  • World's Largest Spur: 17.2 mi
  • Observation Tower: 18.4 mi
  • Dead Man's Hole: 22.7 mi
  • Texas paintball: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Shady Grove Community. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainWNW 291°490 m16.3 mi
Potato HillW 267°484 m11.4 mi
Lookout MountainWNW 297°484 m18.2 mi
Carter MountainsNNW 332°471 m23.9 mi
Post MountainWSW 245°462 m10.6 mi
Wolf HillNW 305°460 m19.5 mi
Cedar Top PeakNNW 333°457 m22.7 mi
Green MountainWNW 284°456 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1219:44
June solstice06:3120:0420:39
September equinox07:2118:5919:30
December solstice07:2716:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838376665648
Precip in1.92.02.92.34.13.22.12.43.43.62.61.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12395281321

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