Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary
Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bird Bluff, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.5 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Austin Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 20.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 21.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lírica Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
- Mountain Bike Rock Garden: 0.6 mi
- Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park: 0.6 mi
- Civitan Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
- Yates Pocket Park: 0.8 mi
- Reach for Your Dreams: 0.4 mi
- Absolute Equality: Unity Tunnel: 1.1 mi
- Ghost Harps: 1.5 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 1.7 mi
- Cenotaphs: 1.8 mi
- Montopolis: 0.9 mi
- Dolores Church Grotto: 1.0 mi
- Parque Zaragoza: 1.4 mi
- Zavala Elementary School: 1.7 mi
- Fiesta Gardens: 1.8 mi
- E.R. Fincher III Garden: 1.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.7 mi
- SFC Teaching Garden: 2.4 mi
- Festival Beach Food Forest: 2.5 mi
- East Avenue Rain Garden: 2.6 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 3.0 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 4.1 mi
- Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center: 2.4 mi
- George Washington Carver Museum: 2.4 mi
- Republic of Texas Museum: 2.6 mi
- Republic of Texas History Center: 2.6 mi
- French Legation Museum: 2.6 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 2.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 6.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 7.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 7.2 mi
- Mount Larson: 7.3 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.6 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.2 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 3.2 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 3.3 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 4.6 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 4.4 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 4.6 mi
- Twin Falls: 7.1 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 7.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 8.3 mi
- McDuff: 13.9 mi
- New Sweden: 15.6 mi
- Goforth: 16.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 17.4 mi
- Palm Valley: 21.0 mi
- Eliza Spring: 4.7 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 5.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 5.2 mi
- Shady Spring: 10.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 17.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 0.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Stone picnic table: 4.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 6.6 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.9 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 279° | 433 m | 23.7 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | W 260° | 406 m | 23.0 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 280° | 364 m | 18.0 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 289° | 360 m | 17.6 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 256° | 353 m | 16.0 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NNW 329° | 343 m | 24.8 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | NW 319° | 340 m | 13.6 mi |
| Maul Hill | WNW 291° | 330 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/584029413
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