- Elevation, modelled
- 176 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 20.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail4.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2844, -97.7411
Harry Ransom Center is a museum in Texas, at a modelled 176 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is James C. Hogg, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.5 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
archive, library, and museum at the University of Texas at Austin
Dates from 1957.
Wikidata Q5671855, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Height
- 32 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harry Ransom Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 273° | 433 m | 20.6 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 252° | 406 m | 21.0 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 315° | 382 m | 24.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 326° | 366 m | 24.9 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 272° | 364 m | 15.0 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 282° | 360 m | 14.3 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 243° | 353 m | 14.3 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 324° | 346 m | 22.3 mi |
- 4.5 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- James C. Hogg: 0.2 mi
- UT Tower Shooting Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Gerhard-Schoch House: 0.2 mi
- Littlefield Home: 0.2 mi
- Goodall Wooten House: 0.3 mi
Museums: 39
Peaks: 39
- Mount Bonnell: 3.2 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.4 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.6 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.6 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 19
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.5 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.7 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.8 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Twin Falls: 4.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- New Sweden: 16.1 mi
- McDuff: 17.1 mi
- Goforth: 18.4 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.8 mi
| 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).
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