The Johnson Home
The Johnson Home is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.7 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas
Wikidata Q110023679, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1966
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 24.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 26.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
- Sinkholes · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Park: 0.0 mi
- Eilers Neighborhood Park: 0.1 mi
- Volma Overton Sr. Beach at Town Lake Metro Park: 0.5 mi
- Mary Frances Baylor Clarksville Park: 0.5 mi
- Zilker Park: 0.7 mi
- Deep Eddy Bathing Beach: 0.1 mi
- Travis County: 0.1 mi
- Clay Pit Bucket Tower: 0.4 mi
- Ashford McGill House (Zilker Park Refectory): 0.4 mi
- Confederate Men's Home: 0.4 mi
- Abundance: 0.1 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 0.5 mi
- ATX: 1.1 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 1.2 mi
- Open Room Austin: 1.3 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.1 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Uplands: 3.8 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.8 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Colorado Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Hartman Prehistoric Garden: 0.5 mi
- Butterfly Trail: 0.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Oriental Garden: 0.5 mi
- Mount Larson: 2.6 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.4 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.6 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 4.0 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 0.4 mi
- Charles Moore House: 0.6 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 1.0 mi
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 1.6 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 0.6 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 0.9 mi
- Lake Austin: 1.8 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.9 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.1 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 3.3 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 0.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 0.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.7 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.7 mi
- Goforth: 17.7 mi
- New Sweden: 17.9 mi
- McDuff: 18.8 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.5 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.1 mi
- Seismic Wall: 2.8 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 6.6 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.9 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Johnson Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 18.9 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 251° | 429 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | SW 235° | 423 m | 24.4 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | SW 234° | 416 m | 23.4 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 252° | 406 m | 19.1 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 319° | 382 m | 23.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 330° | 366 m | 24.4 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 13.2 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453752265
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- Austin · 2 mi
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