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Waters Park

Waters Park from directly overhead

Waters Park is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Balcones District Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.3 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1996
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates30.41560, -97.71008

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Balcones District Park: 0.4 mi
  • Alderbrook Pocket Park: 0.8 mi
  • Walnut Creek Greenbelt: 0.9 mi
  • Northside Lawn: 1.1 mi
  • Gracywoods Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 56
Nature reserves: 55
Peaks: 43
Museums: 40
  • Museum of Ice Cream: 1.3 mi
  • Museum of Illusions: 1.7 mi
  • Bohls House: 6.4 mi
  • Palm House Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Elisabet Ney Museum: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Client Innovation Center: 1.0 mi
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 2.0 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 3.3 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 7.7 mi
  • Lake Austin: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hidden Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Link Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Small Falls: 9.8 mi
Springs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 15.1 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 15.7 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Fern Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 11.8 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 13.0 mi
  • Comanche Bluff: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Waters Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsWSW 251°433 m23.8 mi
Boultinghouse MountainWNW 295°418 m24.7 mi
NegroheadWNW 295°405 m22.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW 292°383 m23.6 mi
Travis PeakWNW 293°382 m20.7 mi
Chalk KnobWNW 299°367 m24.5 mi
Round MountainNW 306°366 m19.6 mi
Big Bear HillNW 307°366 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0220:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677481848478695850
Precip in2.62.03.02.34.14.42.82.33.44.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12453752242

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