Walter and Mae Simms House
Walter and Mae Simms House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Reuter House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110025168, matched on coordinates and name (11 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2008
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 23.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 24 mi
- Sinkholes · 28 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blunn Creek Greenbelt: 0.2 mi
- Big Stacy Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
- South Austin Island: 0.5 mi
- Heritage Oaks Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- The Circle Greenbelt: 0.7 mi
- Sculpture of Brazilian Carnaval Feather Costume: 0.5 mi
- I love you so much Mural: 0.8 mi
- Greetings from Austin mural: 0.9 mi
- Tenderly: 1.0 mi
- Good Luck Statue: 1.1 mi
- Reuter House: 0.1 mi
- Texas Dental Association: 0.3 mi
- Walter Tips House: 0.6 mi
- Robert S. Stanley House: 0.7 mi
- Ollie O. Norwood Estate: 0.7 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 1.5 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.5 mi
- Uplands: 3.7 mi
- East Avenue Rain Garden: 0.9 mi
- Festival Beach Food Forest: 1.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 1.0 mi
- Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- TexPop ATX: 1.5 mi
- Texas Toy Museum and Arcade: 1.7 mi
- O. Henry Museum: 1.7 mi
- Joseph And Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum: 1.7 mi
- Mexic-Arte Museum: 1.8 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.4 mi
- Mount Larson: 5.6 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 5.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 6.1 mi
- Mount Barker: 6.1 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.3 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.3 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.9 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 2.3 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 3.9 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 4.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.2 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.6 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.2 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.0 mi
- Seiders Spring: 4.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 11.3 mi
- Queen's Bath: 16.5 mi
- Goforth: 15.4 mi
- McDuff: 16.8 mi
- New Sweden: 18.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 18.1 mi
- Polonia: 20.9 mi
- Bird Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 3.9 mi
- Stone picnic table: 4.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walter and Mae Simms House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | WNW 281° | 433 m | 20.9 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 258° | 429 m | 24.2 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 242° | 423 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 241° | 416 m | 23.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | W 260° | 406 m | 20.1 mi |
| Chalk Knob | WNW 283° | 364 m | 15.2 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 293° | 360 m | 15.0 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 254° | 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 | 20:36 |
| 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453752245
Day trips start here
- Austin · 2 mi
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