Snead-Rieck House
Snead-Rieck House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis-Sibley House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.9 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 25.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 23.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pease District Park: 0.2 mi
- Harris Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Palma Plaza Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
- Shoal Creek Greenbelt: 0.5 mi
- Don Baylor Park: 0.6 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 0.3 mi
- Hi, How Are You: 0.8 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 0.8 mi
- Barbara Jordan Statue: 0.8 mi
- The Torchbearers: 0.9 mi
- Davis-Sibley House: 0.1 mi
- Ireland and Mary Graves House: 0.2 mi
- Malcolm and Margaret Badger Reed Estate: 0.3 mi
- Pemberton Castle (Fisher-Gideon House): 0.3 mi
- Carrington Bluff House: 0.3 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.3 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.5 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Garden patch: 1.0 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Colorado Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 1.5 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Charles Moore House: 0.7 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 0.8 mi
- Texas State History Museum: 1.1 mi
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 1.2 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.6 mi
- Mount Larson: 2.8 mi
- Mount Barker: 2.8 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.1 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.3 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.6 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 1.8 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 1.9 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.4 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 4.5 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 4.7 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.3 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 1.3 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.9 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.6 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.3 mi
- New Sweden: 16.7 mi
- McDuff: 18.0 mi
- Goforth: 18.5 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.4 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.0 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.9 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Snead-Rieck House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 273° | 433 m | 19.8 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 251° | 429 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | SW 234° | 416 m | 24.7 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 250° | 406 m | 20.3 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 316° | 382 m | 23.6 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 271° | 364 m | 14.2 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 282° | 360 m | 13.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 241° | 353 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| 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: 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821206
Day trips start here
- Austin · 2 mi
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