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Bull Creek Management Unit

Bull Creek Management Unit from directly overhead

Bull Creek Management Unit is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Balcones Fault Aids Colonization of Texas, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.38778, -97.77198

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Bull Creek Greenbelt Park - Upper: 0.6 mi
  • Steck Valley Greenbelt: 0.9 mi
  • Westover Hills Club: 1.3 mi
  • Bull Creek District Park: 1.5 mi
  • St. Edwards Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 55
Peaks: 46
Museums: 40
Attractions: 19
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 3.1 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 3.5 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 5.2 mi
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Austin: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hidden Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Link Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Small Falls: 5.7 mi
Springs: 8
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 12.3 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 12.9 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Fern Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 10.0 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 10.8 mi
  • Eagle Bluffs: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsWSW 252°433 m19.7 mi
Tater HillNW 308°422 m24.7 mi
Boultinghouse MountainWNW 303°418 m22.4 mi
Wallace MountainSW 233°406 m22.7 mi
NegroheadNW 305°405 m20.5 mi
Bald MountainWNW 301°383 m21.2 mi
Travis PeakWNW 303°382 m18.4 mi
Chalk KnobNW 308°367 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0220:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2516:5917:35

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1033367811

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