Alpine Road Site
Alpine Road Site is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Magruder, C.S.A., a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.2 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Austin Independent School District
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 24.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 24 mi
- Sinkholes · 27 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Magruder, C.S.A.: 0.3 mi
- Doyle Farm: 0.5 mi
- Saint Edward's University Main Building: 0.5 mi
- Doyle Farm: 0.5 mi
- Espinosa-Olivares-Aguirre Expedition: 0.7 mi
- Good Luck Statue: 0.6 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 0.9 mi
- Sculpture of Brazilian Carnaval Feather Costume: 1.3 mi
- Greetings from Austin mural: 1.7 mi
- I love you so much Mural: 2.0 mi
- Battle Bend Neighborhood Park: 0.8 mi
- Mabel Davis District Park: 1.1 mi
- The Denizen Park: 1.2 mi
- Gillis Park: 1.2 mi
- Metcalfe Pocket Park: 1.3 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 2.8 mi
- Uplands: 2.9 mi
- Sunset Valley Nature Area: 3.6 mi
- South Hills Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.6 mi
- East Avenue Rain Garden: 2.4 mi
- Festival Beach Food Forest: 2.5 mi
- TexPop ATX: 2.0 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 2.8 mi
- Texas Toy Museum and Arcade: 3.1 mi
- O. Henry Museum: 3.2 mi
- Mexic-Arte Museum: 3.2 mi
- Davis Hill: 5.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.4 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 6.3 mi
- Mount Larson: 6.3 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 6.8 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 2.6 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.7 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 2.9 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.2 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 3.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 3.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.7 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 4.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.5 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.8 mi
- Seiders Spring: 5.7 mi
- Shady Spring: 12.8 mi
- Queen's Bath: 17.4 mi
- Goforth: 14.1 mi
- Lytton Springs: 17.4 mi
- McDuff: 17.6 mi
- New Sweden: 19.5 mi
- Polonia: 19.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 2.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 3.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 5.9 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Seismic Wall: 2.9 mi
- Bird Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alpine Road Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | WNW 285° | 433 m | 20.3 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | W 261° | 429 m | 23.1 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WSW 253° | 429 m | 24.4 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 244° | 423 m | 23.2 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 243° | 416 m | 22.1 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | W 263° | 406 m | 19.0 mi |
| Chalk Knob | WNW 289° | 364 m | 14.7 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 299° | 360 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| 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: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/585476349
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- Austin · 3 mi
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