George Washington Carver Museum
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George Washington Carver Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Desegregation of Texas Public Schools, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.0 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is a museum and cultural center in east Austin, Texas, housed in the former George Washington Carver branch of the Austin Public Library. Named in honor of George Washington Carver, the facility has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1980.
Wikidata Q5545947, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 19.4 m
- Elevation
- 165 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 23.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kealing School Park: 0.0 mi
- Lott Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
- College Row Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
- Swede Hill Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- Onion Street Paseo: 0.5 mi
- East 11th Street: 0.3 mi
- Ducher: 0.5 mi
- Don Vito Alessio Robles: 0.6 mi
- Spiral of the Galaxy: 0.7 mi
- Wall painting for Austin: 0.7 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.8 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 5.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
- Ellie's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.8 mi
- Alamo Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Este Garden: 1.0 mi
- Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center: 0.3 mi
- Texas Music Museum: 0.4 mi
- Republic of Texas Museum: 0.5 mi
- Republic of Texas History Center: 0.5 mi
- French Legation Museum: 0.5 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 4.6 mi
- Mount Barker: 4.8 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 5.0 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.9 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.5 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.5 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.6 mi
- Twin Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 5.7 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 5.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 6.0 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 6.4 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.8 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.0 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 15.2 mi
- New Sweden: 15.8 mi
- McDuff: 15.9 mi
- Goforth: 17.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 19.5 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.9 mi
- Bird Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.9 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 5.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 6.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.7 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of George Washington Carver Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 276° | 433 m | 21.7 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 255° | 406 m | 21.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 16.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 285° | 360 m | 15.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 248° | 353 m | 14.8 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 323° | 346 m | 23.7 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 330° | 345 m | 24.2 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NNW 330° | 343 m | 22.5 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 | 20:36 |
| 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: 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/382368642
Day trips start here
- Austin · 1 mi
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