Austin Public Library - Austin History Center
Austin Public Library - Austin History Center is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is 1933 Austin Public Library, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.8 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
archive and historic library building in Austin, Texas, USA
Wikidata Q2872117, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Austin Public Library
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 1933 Austin Public Library: 0.0 mi
- Wooldridge Park: 0.0 mi
- Hirshfeld Cottage: 0.1 mi
- Ira Hobart Evans: 0.1 mi
- Austin Woman's Club: 0.1 mi
- Wooldridge Square Park: 0.1 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.3 mi
- Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Republic Square: 0.3 mi
- Wood Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Gear Grove: 0.2 mi
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla: 0.3 mi
- José María Morelos: 0.3 mi
- Black Austin Matters: 0.3 mi
- Blackbird: 0.3 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.4 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.0 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.6 mi
- Congress Avenue Rain Garden: 0.6 mi
- Brazos Bluff: 0.7 mi
- Explorers Garden: 0.8 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.8 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.0 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.3 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 5.5 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center on Congress Avenue;The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center: 0.2 mi
- Mexic-Arte Museum: 0.4 mi
- Capitol Complex Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
- Texas Toy Museum and Arcade: 0.4 mi
- Museum of the Weird: 0.5 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 0.8 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 0.9 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.9 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.3 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 4.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.1 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.0 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.5 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 1.7 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.3 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.5 mi
- New Sweden: 16.8 mi
- McDuff: 17.2 mi
- Goforth: 17.5 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.7 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.2 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.6 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Austin Public Library - Austin History Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 276° | 433 m | 20.4 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 253° | 429 m | 24.6 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 237° | 416 m | 24.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 254° | 406 m | 20.4 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 317° | 382 m | 24.8 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 14.7 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 286° | 360 m | 14.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 246° | 353 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 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: 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/328649859
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