Stanley and Emily Finch House
Stanley and Emily Finch House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sparky Pocket Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.3 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110024935, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1999
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sparky Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
- Huffstickler Green: 0.2 mi
- Eastwoods Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
- Honors Quad: 0.7 mi
- Clock Knot: 0.5 mi
- Mustangs: 0.7 mi
- Monochrome for Austin: 0.7 mi
- The Swan's Dream of Leda: 0.7 mi
- History of Black Bronze I: 0.7 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 5.3 mi
- Whitley-Keltner House: 0.2 mi
- The Shipe House: 0.3 mi
- Texas Confederate Woman's Home: 0.4 mi
- Philquist-Wood House: 0.4 mi
- Hancock Recreation Center: 0.5 mi
- Garden patch: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
- Este Garden: 1.2 mi
- Alamo Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 1.3 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 0.7 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 0.7 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 0.8 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 0.8 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 1.0 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.2 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.4 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.8 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.2 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.0 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 2.1 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.6 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 2.7 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 6.0 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 6.2 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.8 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.4 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.4 mi
- New Sweden: 15.2 mi
- McDuff: 16.8 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.3 mi
- Goforth: 19.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.5 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.1 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.5 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stanley and Emily Finch House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 271° | 433 m | 21.2 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 250° | 406 m | 21.8 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 313° | 382 m | 24.2 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 269° | 364 m | 15.5 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 278° | 360 m | 14.7 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 241° | 353 m | 15.2 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 321° | 346 m | 21.9 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 328° | 345 m | 22.4 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453752296
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- Austin · 2 mi
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