Carrington's Prairie
Carrington's Prairie is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Jack Mountain stands 451 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Valley Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.8 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Austin Independent School District
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 27.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 28.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
- Sinkholes · 27 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Valley Park: 0.3 mi
- Hilltop Park: 0.4 mi
- Gaines Creek Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
- Oakhill Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Archstone Pocket Park: 1.0 mi
- Old Rock Store: 1.9 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.5 mi
- Eanes Cemetery: 2.6 mi
- Eanes School and Chapel: 2.6 mi
- Broken Spoke: 2.8 mi
- Abundance: 4.0 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 4.1 mi
- Greetings from Austin mural: 4.5 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 4.5 mi
- Good Luck Statue: 4.6 mi
- Wildflower Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 1.8 mi
- Sunset Valley Nature Area: 1.9 mi
- Uplands: 1.9 mi
- South Hills Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
- Cherry Creek Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Forest Trail Garden: 2.4 mi
- Herbal Garden: 3.7 mi
- Butterfly Trail: 3.8 mi
- Zilker Botanical Garden: 3.8 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 3.5 mi
- Davis Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.8 mi
- Dittmar Hill: 5.6 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 6.1 mi
- Eanes History Center: 2.5 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 3.7 mi
- TexPop ATX: 3.9 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 4.0 mi
- Charles Moore House: 4.6 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 3.7 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 4.0 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 4.3 mi
- Lake Austin: 4.5 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 5.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 3.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.9 mi
- Seiders Spring: 6.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 13.3 mi
- Kirby Spring: 14.7 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 1.0 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.0 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 1.6 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 7.7 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 7.7 mi
- Goforth: 15.8 mi
- Lytton Springs: 21.3 mi
- New Sweden: 21.9 mi
- McDuff: 22.0 mi
- Polonia: 22.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 1.9 mi
- Bird Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 19.9 mi
- The Learning Tree: 2.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 3.2 mi
- Stone picnic table: 7.9 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carrington's Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mountain | WSW 243° | 451 m | 22.7 mi |
| Roundtree Mountain | WSW 250° | 449 m | 22.6 mi |
| Shingle Hills | WNW 283° | 433 m | 15.7 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 254° | 429 m | 19.3 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WSW 246° | 429 m | 21.0 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | SW 234° | 423 m | 20.4 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | SW 232° | 416 m | 19.4 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 254° | 406 m | 15.1 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 | 07:24 | 17:00 | 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 | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1111921534
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