Texas State History Museum
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Texas State History Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Star, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.5 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Bullock Texas State History Museum (often referred to as the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum or Bullock Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas. The museum, located a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol at 1800 North Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, is dedicated to interpreting the continually unfolding "Story of Texas" to the broadest possible audience through meaningful educational experiences. The museum is operated by the Texas State Preservation Board, which also operates the Texas State Capitol, the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, the Texas Governor's Mansion, and the Texas State Cemetery.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2001.
Wikidata Q10858643, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas State Preservation Board
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lone Star: 0.0 mi
- Bluebonnet: 0.1 mi
- Horned Lizard: 0.1 mi
- Bat: 0.1 mi
- Prickly Pear: 0.1 mi
- Capitol Mall: 0.1 mi
- Waterloo Park: 0.5 mi
- Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Health Learning Building Courtyard: 0.5 mi
- The Old Bakery Bicentennial Square: 0.6 mi
- Moses Austin: 0.1 mi
- Scottish Rite Temple: 0.1 mi
- Site of Swedish Evangelical Free Church: 0.1 mi
- Diocese of Austin: 0.2 mi
- Gethsemane Church: 0.2 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.1 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 4.7 mi
- Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.5 mi
- Garden patch: 0.6 mi
- Ellie's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Harry Ransom Center: 0.3 mi
- Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports: 0.5 mi
- Capitol Complex Visitor Center: 0.5 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 0.6 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 0.7 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.5 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.7 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.8 mi
- Mount Lucas: 4.0 mi
- Cat Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.3 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 1.0 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.4 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.5 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 4.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.5 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 1.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.6 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.2 mi
- New Sweden: 16.1 mi
- McDuff: 16.9 mi
- Goforth: 18.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.5 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Seismic Wall: 4.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.9 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.5 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.3 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas State History Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 274° | 433 m | 20.8 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 253° | 406 m | 21.0 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 315° | 382 m | 24.6 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 273° | 364 m | 15.1 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 283° | 360 m | 14.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 244° | 353 m | 14.3 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 324° | 346 m | 22.6 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NNW 331° | 345 m | 23.1 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 | 20:01 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Austin · 1 mi
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