Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - McGregor
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - McGregor is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 299 m. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hippie Hollow Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lower Colorado River Authority
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 28.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hippie Hollow Park: 0.5 mi
- Bob Wentz Park: 0.9 mi
- Cypress Creek Park: 1.3 mi
- Cypress Creek Park (North): 1.4 mi
- Tom Hughes Park: 1.6 mi
- Anderson's Mill: 1.1 mi
- Comanche Peak: 1.3 mi
- Old Turbine: 2.3 mi
- Hudson Bend: 2.7 mi
- Jessica Hollis Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Protected Promise: 6.9 mi
- Wings: 8.2 mi
- Dancin': 8.2 mi
- Balancing Apple: 8.2 mi
- Sentinel: 8.2 mi
- Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
- Reagan Garden: 8.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 8.9 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 10.0 mi
- Our Lady's Prayer Garden: 10.2 mi
- Comanche Peak: 1.4 mi
- Jollyville Plateau: 2.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.9 mi
- White Rim Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 9.5 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 9.5 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 9.9 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 10.4 mi
- Eanes History Center: 10.5 mi
- Texas paintball: 6.0 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 8.4 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 10.2 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 10.2 mi
- Lake Austin: 10.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 3.7 mi
- Apple Spring: 10.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 11.4 mi
- Shady Spring: 11.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 11.9 mi
- Small Falls: 4.1 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Link Falls: 6.8 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 7.2 mi
- Fern Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Seismic Wall: 13.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 16.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 14.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 15.3 mi
- Stone picnic table: 18.8 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.9 mi
- New Sweden: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - McGregor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shovel Mountain | W 274° | 472 m | 21.7 mi |
| Shingle Hills | SW 236° | 433 m | 14.6 mi |
| WildCat Mountain | NW 311° | 429 m | 20.9 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | SW 221° | 429 m | 23.1 mi |
| North Peak | NW 312° | 425 m | 21.6 mi |
| Tater Hill | NW 315° | 422 m | 18.2 mi |
| Boultinghouse Mountain | NW 310° | 418 m | 15.6 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | SW 215° | 406 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 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 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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