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Baker Sanctuary

Baker Sanctuary from directly overhead

Baker Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 325 m. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - Lime Creek, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Travis Audubon Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.48431, -97.86828

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Discovery Well Cave Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Cypress Canyon Park: 0.9 mi
  • Godzilla Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Quiet Moon Park: 1.3 mi
  • Westside Preserve: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Protected Promise: 3.0 mi
  • Wings: 3.9 mi
  • Dancin': 3.9 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 3.9 mi
  • Sentinel: 3.9 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Reagan Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Xeriscape Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Rancho Sienna Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 11.2 mi
Nature reserves: 53
Peaks: 51
Museums: 38
  • Museum of Ice Cream: 10.2 mi
  • Museum of Illusions: 10.4 mi
  • Interpretive Center: 11.1 mi
  • Palm House Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Texas paintball: 2.8 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 10.8 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 11.7 mi
  • Artificial Chimney: 12.4 mi
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Small Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Link Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Queen's Bath: 1.9 mi
  • Apple Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Shady Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 18.6 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 19.3 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shovel MountainW 263°472 m22.8 mi
Shingle HillsSW 226°433 m18.2 mi
WildCat MountainWNW 299°429 m19.1 mi
North PeakWNW 300°425 m19.8 mi
Tater HillWNW 302°422 m16.1 mi
Boultinghouse MountainWNW 293°418 m14.1 mi
Wallace MountainSSW 211°406 m23.8 mi
NegroheadWNW 294°405 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:43
June solstice06:3120:0220:38
September equinox07:2118:5819:30
December solstice07:2516:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677481848478695850
Precip in2.62.03.02.34.14.42.82.33.44.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/583003387

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