Wells-LaRue House
Wells-LaRue House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Shipe Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.9 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110025176, matched on coordinates and name (1 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1963
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shipe Park: 0.2 mi
- Bruning Green: 0.6 mi
- Huffstickler Green: 0.8 mi
- Central Park: 0.8 mi
- Sparky Pocket Park: 0.8 mi
- Thicket: 1.3 mi
- Clock Knot: 1.5 mi
- Nessy: 1.5 mi
- Mustangs: 1.6 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 1.6 mi
- Elisabet Ney: 0.2 mi
- Hodnette House: 0.3 mi
- Hyde Park: 0.3 mi
- Kopperl House: 0.3 mi
- Williams-Weigl House: 0.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 0.3 mi
- Patterson Park Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Garden patch: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
- Este Garden: 1.9 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Thinkery: 1.6 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 1.6 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 1.7 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 1.8 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.9 mi
- Mount Barker: 2.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.1 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 2.1 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.1 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- Lake Austin: 3.5 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.6 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.6 mi
- Link Falls: 5.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.3 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.6 mi
- Eliza Spring: 4.1 mi
- Shady Spring: 6.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 12.8 mi
- New Sweden: 14.5 mi
- McDuff: 16.8 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.3 mi
- Goforth: 20.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 22.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 8.0 mi
- Stone picnic table: 8.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wells-LaRue House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 268° | 433 m | 21.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 248° | 406 m | 22.4 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 311° | 382 m | 23.8 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 322° | 366 m | 24.9 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 266° | 364 m | 15.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 275° | 360 m | 14.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 239° | 353 m | 15.9 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 319° | 346 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 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: 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453752239
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- Austin · 3 mi
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