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The Thinkery, a museum in Texas
The Thinkery, a museum in TexasLarry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
The Thinkery, a museum in Texas
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
The Thinkery, a museum in Texas
CC BY-SA 4.0
The Thinkery, a museum in Texas
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0

The Thinkery is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Nessy, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.8 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Thinkery (formerly the Austin Children's Museum) is a children's museum in Austin, Texas.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1983.

Wikidata Q15961566, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.29761, -97.70485

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Mueller Lake Park: 0.1 mi
  • Paggi Square: 0.2 mi
  • Mary Elizabeth Branch Park: 0.3 mi
  • Patterson Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Auditorium Courtyard: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
Nature reserves: 55
Museums: 39
Peaks: 37
Attractions: 18
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.2 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 2.7 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.5 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 3.6 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Link Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Twin Falls: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 7
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.7 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 6.7 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 15.6 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 7.6 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 8.2 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 10.7 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 271°433 m22.8 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 251°406 m23.3 mi
Chalk KnobW 269°364 m17.1 mi
Flint Rock HillW 277°360 m16.3 mi
Signal HillWSW 244°353 m16.6 mi
Polecat KnobNW 318°346 m22.9 mi
Hamilton HillNW 325°345 m23.2 mi
Jess Maynard HillNW 325°343 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:43
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: 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/294770154

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