Vic Mathias Shores
Vic Mathias Shores is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage - Festivals - Horizons, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- R. Vic Mathias (1926-2013)
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 24.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 23.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
- Sinkholes · 30 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heritage - Festivals - Horizons: 0.0 mi
- Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue: 0.1 mi
- Seeding Time: 0.3 mi
- La Fuente en Calle Segunda: 0.3 mi
- Willie Nelson Statue: 0.3 mi
- Roberta Crenshaw Overlook at Shoal Beach at Town Lake Metro Park: 0.3 mi
- Seaholm Waterfront Park and Table: 0.3 mi
- Mary Dawson Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
- Margaret Moser Plaza: 0.4 mi
- East Bouldin Creek Greenbelt: 0.4 mi
- Bicentennial Time Capsule: 0.0 mi
- Homelessness: 0.1 mi
- Jack Carmody & M.R. "Goose" Gusewelle: 0.3 mi
- Shoal Creek: 0.3 mi
- J. P. Schneider Store: 0.3 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 2.7 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.4 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Uplands: 3.9 mi
- Congress Avenue Rain Garden: 0.3 mi
- Brazos Bluff: 0.4 mi
- Explorers Garden: 0.5 mi
- East Avenue Rain Garden: 0.9 mi
- Festival Beach Food Forest: 1.0 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.2 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 4.4 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.6 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.9 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 5.6 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 0.3 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 0.3 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.2 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.2 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 1.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.8 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 4.4 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 4.9 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 5.3 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 5.5 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.2 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 1.7 mi
- Seiders Spring: 3.1 mi
- Shady Spring: 10.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 15.1 mi
- Goforth: 16.7 mi
- McDuff: 17.3 mi
- New Sweden: 17.4 mi
- Lytton Springs: 19.5 mi
- Palm Valley: 21.0 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 5.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vic Mathias Shores. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 278° | 433 m | 20.3 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 255° | 429 m | 24.2 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 239° | 423 m | 24.9 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 238° | 416 m | 23.9 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 256° | 406 m | 20.0 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 278° | 364 m | 14.6 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 289° | 360 m | 14.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 248° | 353 m | 13.1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8964506907
Day trips start here
- Austin · 1 mi
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