Zeta Tau Alpha House
Zeta Tau Alpha House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Buen Retiro, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.6 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas
Wikidata Q110025484, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2011
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buen Retiro: 0.1 mi
- All Saints' Episcopal Church: 0.2 mi
- All Saints' Episcopal Church: 0.2 mi
- Edmund and Emily Miller House: 0.3 mi
- Rebecca Kilgore Stuart Red: 0.3 mi
- Adams-Hemphill Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
- Honors Quad: 0.3 mi
- Shoal Creek Greenbelt: 0.4 mi
- Shoal Creek Greenbelt: 0.7 mi
- Eastwoods Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 0.3 mi
- Barbara Jordan Statue: 0.4 mi
- Clock Knot: 0.4 mi
- Monochrome for Austin: 0.5 mi
- Pedogna: 0.5 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.9 mi
- Garden patch: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 1.4 mi
- Este Garden: 1.5 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 0.6 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 0.7 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 0.8 mi
- Texas State History Museum: 0.9 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.7 mi
- Mount Barker: 2.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.1 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.2 mi
- Cat Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.0 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 1.8 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.9 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.3 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.2 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.3 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Seiders Spring: 0.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.6 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.9 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.3 mi
- New Sweden: 15.8 mi
- McDuff: 17.4 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.8 mi
- Goforth: 19.0 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 6.6 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.6 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zeta Tau Alpha House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 272° | 433 m | 20.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 250° | 406 m | 21.1 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 314° | 382 m | 23.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 325° | 366 m | 24.3 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 270° | 364 m | 14.9 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 280° | 360 m | 14.1 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 241° | 353 m | 14.5 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 323° | 346 m | 21.7 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 | 17:36 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453752219
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- Austin · 2 mi
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