The Shipe House
The Shipe House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sparky Pocket Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.5 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas
Wikidata Q5141782, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1982
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sparky Pocket Park: 0.1 mi
- Huffstickler Green: 0.2 mi
- Shipe Park: 0.5 mi
- Central Park: 0.6 mi
- Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Philquist-Wood House: 0.1 mi
- Texas Confederate Woman's Home: 0.2 mi
- Williams-Weigl House: 0.2 mi
- Stanley and Emily Finch House: 0.3 mi
- Kopperl House: 0.4 mi
- Clock Knot: 0.8 mi
- Mustangs: 1.0 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 1.0 mi
- Monochrome for Austin: 1.0 mi
- The Swan's Dream of Leda: 1.0 mi
- Garden patch: 0.9 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Patterson Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Este Garden: 1.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 0.5 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 0.5 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 1.0 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 1.0 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 1.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.9 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.0 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.2 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.8 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.5 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 2.0 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.3 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.9 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 3.0 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.0 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.1 mi
- Link Falls: 6.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.0 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.0 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.4 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.2 mi
- New Sweden: 15.0 mi
- McDuff: 16.8 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.0 mi
- Goforth: 19.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.7 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.7 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.4 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.5 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Shipe House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 270° | 433 m | 21.2 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 249° | 406 m | 21.9 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 312° | 382 m | 24.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 323° | 366 m | 24.3 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 268° | 364 m | 15.6 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 277° | 360 m | 14.7 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 240° | 353 m | 15.4 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 321° | 346 m | 21.7 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453752262
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- Austin · 2 mi
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