Travis County
Travis County is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.7 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- 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
- 26.2 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
- Sinkholes · 30 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Park: 0.1 mi
- Eilers Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- Volma Overton Sr. Beach at Town Lake Metro Park: 0.4 mi
- Zilker Park: 0.6 mi
- Mary Frances Baylor Clarksville Park: 0.6 mi
- The Johnson Home: 0.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Bathing Beach: 0.2 mi
- Clay Pit Bucket Tower: 0.2 mi
- Ashford McGill House (Zilker Park Refectory): 0.3 mi
- Confederate Men's Home: 0.4 mi
- Abundance: 0.2 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 0.6 mi
- ATX: 1.0 mi
- Open Room Austin: 1.2 mi
- Cloud Pavilion: 1.2 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.1 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.7 mi
- Uplands: 3.7 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Hartman Prehistoric Garden: 0.3 mi
- Colorado Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Butterfly Trail: 0.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
- Oriental Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mount Larson: 2.7 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.2 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.5 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.8 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 4.1 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 0.3 mi
- Charles Moore House: 0.7 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 0.9 mi
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 1.5 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 0.5 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 0.8 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.8 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.8 mi
- Lake Austin: 1.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.1 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 3.3 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.7 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 0.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 0.7 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.8 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.8 mi
- Goforth: 17.5 mi
- New Sweden: 17.9 mi
- McDuff: 18.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.9 mi
- Seismic Wall: 2.7 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.7 mi
- The Learning Tree: 6.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.8 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Travis County. 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 252° | 429 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | SW 236° | 423 m | 24.3 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 | 23.6 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 330° | 366 m | 24.5 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/12453752252
Day trips start here
- Austin · 2 mi
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