Texas African American History Memorial
Texas African American History Memorial is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Volunteer Firemen Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.1 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Texas African American History Memorial is an outdoor monument commemorating the impact of African Americans in Texas, installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas, United States. The memorial was sculpted by Ed Dwight and erected by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation in 2016. It describes African American history from the 1500s to present, and includes depictions of Hendrick Arnold and Barbara Jordan, as well as Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), when African Americans were emancipated.
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Dates from 2016.
Wikidata Q56475502, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 24.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 22.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.1 mi
- Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Wooldridge Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Waterloo Park: 0.3 mi
- Symphony Square: 0.4 mi
- Goddess of Liberty: 0.1 mi
- The Ten Commandments: 0.1 mi
- Gear Grove: 0.2 mi
- The Price of Liberty: 0.2 mi
- Homeless Jesus: 0.2 mi
- Volunteer Firemen Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Southern Confederacy Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Site of Second Travis County Courthouse and Walton Building: 0.0 mi
- African Americans in the Texas Revolution: 0.1 mi
- First Classes of the University of Texas Law School: 0.1 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: 0.3 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
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 0.3 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center on Congress Avenue;The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center: 0.3 mi
- German Texans Heritage Society: 0.4 mi
- Mexic-Arte Museum: 0.5 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.1 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.3 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 5.7 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.6 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.7 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 0.9 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.0 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.6 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.6 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.0 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 1.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.6 mi
- New Sweden: 16.5 mi
- McDuff: 17.0 mi
- Goforth: 17.6 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.0 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas African American History Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 20.7 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 253° | 429 m | 24.9 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 237° | 416 m | 24.7 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 254° | 406 m | 20.7 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 316° | 382 m | 24.9 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 15.0 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 285° | 360 m | 14.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 246° | 353 m | 14.0 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4979610121
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- Austin · 0 mi
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