- Elevation
- 172 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 21.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail5.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2870, -97.7323
Texas Memorial Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded 172 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Texas Wesleyan College, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
natural history museum in Austin, Texas
Dates from 1939.
Wikidata Q3519347, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Elevation
- 172 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Memorial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 273° | 433 m | 21.2 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 252° | 406 m | 21.5 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 314° | 382 m | 24.6 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 271° | 364 m | 15.5 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 281° | 360 m | 14.8 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 243° | 353 m | 14.8 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 323° | 346 m | 22.4 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 329° | 345 m | 22.9 mi |
- 5.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Site of Texas Wesleyan College: 0.1 mi
- J. Frank Dobie House: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.2 mi
- James C. Hogg: 0.4 mi
- UT Tower Shooting Memorial: 0.4 mi
Museums: 39
Peaks: 38
- Mount Bonnell: 3.4 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.6 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.9 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 19
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.5 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.4 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.0 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 2.1 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Twin Falls: 5.5 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- New Sweden: 15.5 mi
- McDuff: 16.7 mi
- Goforth: 18.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.9 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 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Day trips start here
- Austin · 1 mi
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