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Texas Memorial Museum, a museum in Texas
Texas Memorial Museum, a museum in TexasReynosa Blogs from Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico · CC BY 2.0
Texas Memorial Museum, a museum in Texas
Reynosa Blogs from Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico · CC BY 2.0
Texas Memorial Museum, a museum in Texas
Reynosa Blogs from Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico · CC BY 2.0
Texas Memorial Museum, a museum in Texas
Reynosa Blogs from Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico · CC BY 2.0
Texas Memorial Museum, a museum in Texas
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Texas Memorial Museum, a museum in Texas
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Texas Memorial Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 172 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mustangs, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

natural history museum in Austin, Texas

Dates from 1939.

Wikidata Q3519347, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
172 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.28697, -97.73234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Mustangs: 0.1 mi
  • The Swan's Dream of Leda: 0.1 mi
  • Winged Victory: 0.1 mi
  • History of Black Bronze I: 0.1 mi
  • Prometheus and Vulture: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Garden patch: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Este Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Alamo Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.9 mi
Museums: 39
Peaks: 38
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
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.6 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 5.0 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.3 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.6 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 6.9 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.9 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 273°433 m21.2 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 252°406 m21.5 mi
Travis PeakNW 314°382 m24.6 mi
Chalk KnobW 271°364 m15.5 mi
Flint Rock HillW 281°360 m14.8 mi
Signal HillWSW 243°353 m14.8 mi
Polecat KnobNW 323°346 m22.4 mi
Hamilton HillNNW 329°345 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/126033682

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