Texas Newspapers, C.S.A.
Texas Newspapers, C.S.A. is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Westover Hills Club, a park 0.7 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.9 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1971
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 28.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Westover Hills Club: 0.7 mi
- Steck Valley Greenbelt: 1.1 mi
- Southwest Plaza: 1.4 mi
- Northwest Plaza: 1.4 mi
- H-E-B Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Thicket: 3.9 mi
- Lotus: 4.5 mi
- Blue Blood: 4.8 mi
- Nessy: 6.0 mi
- Ocho: 6.1 mi
- First Presbyterian Church of Austin: 1.1 mi
- Balcones Fault Aids Colonization of Texas: 1.7 mi
- The Old Zimmerman Home: 1.9 mi
- Old Quarry Site: 2.0 mi
- Davis Cemetery: 2.4 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 1.9 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 6.1 mi
- Our Lady's Prayer Garden: 1.8 mi
- Infant Jesus of Prague Garden: 1.9 mi
- Prayer Garden: 1.9 mi
- Juan Navarro High School Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- North Austin Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 1.5 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 1.9 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 4.6 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 5.0 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 5.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.9 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 4.4 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 1.2 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 2.3 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 4.0 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 4.6 mi
- Lake Austin: 6.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.9 mi
- Link Falls: 2.3 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Small Falls: 7.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 3.4 mi
- Seiders Spring: 5.0 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 7.3 mi
- Eliza Spring: 8.0 mi
- Queen's Bath: 8.6 mi
- Palm Valley: 13.5 mi
- New Sweden: 13.8 mi
- McDuff: 19.7 mi
- Goforth: 24.8 mi
- Bird Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Seismic Wall: 9.9 mi
- Fern Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 12.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 13.1 mi
- Stone picnic table: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Newspapers, C.S.A.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | WSW 256° | 433 m | 21.3 mi |
| Boultinghouse Mountain | WNW 302° | 418 m | 24.3 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 237° | 406 m | 23.8 mi |
| Negrohead | WNW 303° | 405 m | 22.4 mi |
| Travis Peak | WNW 302° | 382 m | 20.3 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 316° | 366 m | 20.8 mi |
| Chalk Knob | WSW 248° | 364 m | 16.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WSW 256° | 360 m | 14.4 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 | 20:02 | 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: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453752275
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- Austin · 8 mi
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