Tejano Monument
Tejano Monument is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas State Capitol, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.2 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Tejano Monument is a memorial commemorating the impact of Tejanos on Texas culture and history, installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas, United States. The monument was sculpted by Armando Hinojosa and erected by Tejano Monument, Inc. in 2012. It features nine life-size bronze statues on a 275-ton Texas Sunset Red Granite base, and five plaques describing Tejano history.
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Wikidata Q60742365, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Texas State Capitol: 0.0 mi
- Southern Confederacy Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Texas Highway Department: 0.0 mi
- Volunteer Firemen Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Site of Second Travis County Courthouse and Walton Building: 0.0 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.1 mi
- Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Waterloo Park: 0.3 mi
- Wooldridge Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Symphony Square: 0.3 mi
- The Price of Liberty: 0.1 mi
- Goddess of Liberty: 0.1 mi
- The Ten Commandments: 0.2 mi
- Gear Grove: 0.2 mi
- Homeless Jesus: 0.2 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.6 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.3 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.2 mi
- Congress Avenue Rain Garden: 0.7 mi
- Brazos Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Explorers Garden: 0.9 mi
- Capitol Complex Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center on Congress Avenue;The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center: 0.3 mi
- German Texans Heritage Society: 0.3 mi
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 0.3 mi
- Museum of the Weird: 0.4 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.1 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.4 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.8 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.6 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.6 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 0.9 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.0 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.6 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.0 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.0 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.6 mi
- New Sweden: 16.5 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Goforth: 17.6 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.0 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.1 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tejano Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 20.8 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 237° | 416 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 254° | 406 m | 20.8 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 316° | 382 m | 25.0 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 15.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 285° | 360 m | 14.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 246° | 353 m | 14.0 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 325° | 346 m | 22.9 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: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10282631742
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- Austin · 0 mi
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