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Texas Toy Museum and Arcade

Texas Toy Museum and Arcade from directly overhead

Texas Toy Museum and Arcade is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Twinkle Twinkle Lone Star Guitar, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.8 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates30.26584, -97.74396

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Lead to Live: 0.1 mi
  • The Sisterhood of Two Hearts: 0.1 mi
  • Dale Shine: 0.1 mi
  • Tejedoras del Espíritu: 0.1 mi
  • Cypress Grove: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Roberta Crenshaw Overlook at Shoal Beach at Town Lake Metro Park: 0.2 mi
  • Republic Square: 0.2 mi
  • Brush Square: 0.3 mi
  • Margaret Moser Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Pat Crow Memorial Plaza: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 51
Museums: 38
Peaks: 38
Attractions: 19
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 0.4 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 0.5 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 0.7 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.1 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 5.7 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.1 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 17.8 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 5.0 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 5.6 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 7.5 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Toy Museum and Arcade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 277°433 m20.6 mi
Gainor MountainWSW 254°429 m24.6 mi
Lone Man MountainWSW 238°416 m24.3 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 255°406 m20.4 mi
Chalk KnobW 277°364 m14.9 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 287°360 m14.4 mi
Signal HillWSW 247°353 m13.6 mi
Polecat KnobNW 326°346 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

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 way/328634439

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