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Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center

Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center from directly overhead

Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is State Cemetery of Texas, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

historic cemetery in Austin, Texas, USA

Wikidata Q2342386, matched on coordinates and name (49 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.26718, -97.72654

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Kealing School Park: 0.3 mi
  • Onion Street Paseo: 0.3 mi
  • Masontown Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lott Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
  • Roy and Matías Velázquez Plaza: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 51
  • Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Ellie's Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Explorers Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 1.0 mi
Museums: 38
Peaks: 36
Attractions: 19
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 0.3 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.0 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.2 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 1.3 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 6.3 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 2.3 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 17.7 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 5.5 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 5.8 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.5 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 276°433 m21.6 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 256°406 m21.5 mi
Chalk KnobW 276°364 m15.9 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 286°360 m15.4 mi
Signal HillWSW 249°353 m14.6 mi
Polecat KnobNW 324°346 m23.7 mi
Hamilton HillNNW 330°345 m24.3 mi
Jess Maynard HillNNW 331°343 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485360677481848478685951

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11792869762

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