Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - Snowden Tract
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - Snowden Tract is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Creeks Historic Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Travis County
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 26.7 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Creeks Historic Park: 0.7 mi
- Twin Creeks Park: 1.1 mi
- Anderson Mill West Park & Pavilion: 1.4 mi
- Aster Park: 1.5 mi
- Quiet Moon Park: 1.5 mi
- Cypress School: 1.4 mi
- Anderson's Mill: 1.9 mi
- Comanche Peak: 3.4 mi
- Pond Springs Cemetery: 4.0 mi
- Cedar Park Cemetery: 4.3 mi
- Protected Promise: 4.1 mi
- Wings: 5.5 mi
- Dancin': 5.5 mi
- Balancing Apple: 5.5 mi
- Sentinel: 5.5 mi
- Reagan Garden: 5.5 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 7.6 mi
- Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 8.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 8.8 mi
- Lamplight Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Comanche Peak: 3.7 mi
- Jollyville Plateau: 3.9 mi
- White Rim Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Post Oak Ridge: 7.4 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 8.2 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 8.4 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 10.7 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 10.9 mi
- Palm House Museum: 11.2 mi
- Texas paintball: 5.0 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 8.8 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 9.5 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 9.9 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 10.8 mi
- Small Falls: 6.1 mi
- Link Falls: 6.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.8 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Queen's Bath: 0.9 mi
- Apple Spring: 8.6 mi
- Shady Spring: 10.4 mi
- Seiders Spring: 11.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 12.9 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- The Learning Tree: 16.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 16.9 mi
- Stone picnic table: 19.9 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Seismic Wall: 14.6 mi
- Bird Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 17.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Palm Valley: 15.2 mi
- New Sweden: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - Snowden Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shovel Mountain | W 269° | 472 m | 23.6 mi |
| Shingle Hills | SW 233° | 433 m | 17.4 mi |
| WildCat Mountain | WNW 303° | 429 m | 21.1 mi |
| North Peak | NW 304° | 425 m | 21.8 mi |
| Tater Hill | NW 306° | 422 m | 18.2 mi |
| Boultinghouse Mountain | WNW 299° | 418 m | 16.0 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | SW 216° | 406 m | 22.4 mi |
| Negrohead | WNW 301° | 405 m | 14.1 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 | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12790623169
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