Walnut Creek Baptist Church
Walnut Creek Baptist Church is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Negrohead stands 405 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Abandoned zoo cage, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 8.6 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110025379, matched on coordinates and name (5 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1969
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 17.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 26.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park: 0.6 mi
- Park Central Park: 0.7 mi
- North Star Greenbelt: 1.1 mi
- Gracywoods Park: 1.1 mi
- North Oaks Neighborhood Park: 1.2 mi
- Oertli Dairy: 1.8 mi
- Waters Park: 2.3 mi
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dessau: 2.5 mi
- Fortress Home: 2.7 mi
- St. Stephen's Missionary Baptist Church: 2.8 mi
- Lamplight Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- North Austin Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Fort Dessau Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Juan Navarro High School Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Zen Garden: 3.8 mi
- Lotus: 3.8 mi
- Thicket: 5.2 mi
- Ocho: 6.7 mi
- Nessy: 6.9 mi
- Arachnophilia: 7.4 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 4.0 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 5.4 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 2.7 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 2.8 mi
- Bohls House: 5.5 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 6.7 mi
- The Thinkery: 6.9 mi
- Martin Hill: 4.6 mi
- Cat Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.7 mi
- Mount Lucas: 7.1 mi
- Mount Barker: 7.3 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 0.5 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 2.1 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 3.1 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 7.4 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 8.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.6 mi
- Link Falls: 6.0 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Small Falls: 11.1 mi
- Shady Spring: 0.5 mi
- Seiders Spring: 7.3 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 9.8 mi
- Eliza Spring: 10.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 11.0 mi
- Fern Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Bird Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 12.6 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 23.9 mi
- New Sweden: 10.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 10.9 mi
- McDuff: 17.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 14.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 14.5 mi
- The Learning Tree: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walnut Creek Baptist Church. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negrohead | WNW 297° | 405 m | 25.0 mi |
| Travis Peak | WNW 295° | 382 m | 22.9 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 307° | 366 m | 22.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | WSW 249° | 364 m | 19.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WSW 255° | 360 m | 18.2 mi |
| Polecat Knob | WNW 302° | 346 m | 19.7 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NW 310° | 345 m | 19.2 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NW 309° | 343 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 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: 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453752246
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