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Bear Creek Management Unit

Bear Creek Management Unit from directly overhead

Bear Creek Management Unit is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Mount Sharp stands 463 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Southland Oaks Neighborhood Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.8 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.15524, -97.86933

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 52
  • Cherry Creek Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Forest Trail Garden: 9.2 mi
Peaks: 47
Museums: 45
Attractions: 24
  • Frate Barker Path: 0.8 mi
  • Bear Creek Stables: 2.2 mi
  • Jackson Tyler Norris Memorial Skate Park: 5.7 mi
  • The Whisky Vault: 5.8 mi
  • Barton Springs Pool: 9.5 mi
Springs: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • The Learning Tree: 4.3 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 5.7 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 9.3 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 7.4 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 12.0 mi
  • Purgatory Creek Overlook: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SharpW 260°463 m20.8 mi
Jack MountainWSW 258°451 m18.3 mi
Roundtree MountainW 266°449 m19.0 mi
Shingle HillsNW 308°433 m16.4 mi
Gainor MountainW 273°429 m16.2 mi
Peach MountainW 262°429 m17.0 mi
Lone Woman MountainWSW 249°423 m15.2 mi
Lone Man MountainWSW 248°416 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:43
June solstice06:3120:0220:37
September equinox07:2118:5819:30
December solstice07:2417:0017:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687581838477695851
Precip in2.62.12.92.64.33.72.12.13.64.02.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dripping Springs 6 E, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1033367815

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