Texas Military Forces Museum
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Texas Military Forces Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 196 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas in the Civil War - Federal Forces, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.1 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Texas Military Forces Museum (officially the Brigadier General John C.L. Scribner Texas Military Forces Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas. It is hosted by the Texas Military Department at Camp Mabry and is part of the United States Army Historical Program. It is open to the public Tuesday-Sunday from 10am-4pm CST. Admission is free. Access to Camp Mabry requires a government issued identification, such as a driver's license, passport, or common access card. Approximately 159,000 tourists visited from 1992-2007. The museum's stated mission is "to tell the story of the Texas Military Forces from 1823 through the present and into the future, support the mission of the Texas Military Forces, honor our veterans, educate our fellow citizens, promote esprit de corps among the men and women of the Texas Military Forces, and inspire youth to serve." As of 2018, the 45,000 sqft museum has indoor and outdoor galleries featuring 24 major exhibits, which includes over 10,000 artifacts, 36 vehicles, 8 dioramas, 16 macro environments, 16 macro artifacts, and over 50 uniformed mannequins. The library and archive features over 10,000 books and 20,000 photos available for research.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1992.
Wikidata Q17156834, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 10.1 m
- Elevation
- 196 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Texas in the Civil War - Federal Forces: 0.0 mi
- Adjutants General: 0.0 mi
- Major John B. Jones: 0.3 mi
- William Steele: 0.3 mi
- Camp Mabry: 0.3 mi
- Mayfield Park: 0.6 mi
- Signature Park: 0.7 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria: 0.8 mi
- Covert Park at Mount Bonnell: 0.9 mi
- Seiders Springs Park: 1.0 mi
- Blue Blood: 0.8 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 2.2 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 2.2 mi
- Barbara Jordan Statue: 2.2 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 2.2 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 0.6 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 2.1 mi
- Garden patch: 2.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
- Experimental Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 5.2 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 0.9 mi
- Mount Barker: 1.0 mi
- Mount Lucas: 1.3 mi
- Mount Larson: 1.9 mi
- Cat Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 0.8 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Charles Moore House: 2.0 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 2.1 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 2.1 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 0.0 mi
- Lake Austin: 1.7 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.8 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.2 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 3.5 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Link Falls: 4.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.6 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.0 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.7 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 11.5 mi
- New Sweden: 16.2 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.9 mi
- McDuff: 18.9 mi
- Goforth: 20.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 23.1 mi
- Seismic Wall: 5.3 mi
- Bird Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Fern Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 7.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 9.1 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Military Forces Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 267° | 433 m | 19.4 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 246° | 429 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 245° | 406 m | 20.6 mi |
| Negrohead | NW 314° | 405 m | 24.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 310° | 383 m | 24.7 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 314° | 382 m | 22.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 325° | 366 m | 22.5 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 326° | 366 m | 23.5 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 | 20:02 | 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: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/381997357
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- Austin · 3 mi
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