- Elevation, modelled
- 179 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Chalk Knob364 m · 23.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail12.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:36local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2941, -97.6039
Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled 179 m. Chalk Knob stands 364 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Decker United Methodist Church and Community, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 12 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Set aside to help in the restoration of Blackland Prairie. Many examples of native wildflowers, grasses, and birds. Not open to the public but is available for guided hikes with pre-approval from Austin Energy and the Parks and Recreation Department.
- Access
- Private
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Knob | W 270° | 364 m | 23.2 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 276° | 360 m | 22.3 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 251° | 353 m | 22.1 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | WNW 296° | 340 m | 16.0 mi |
| Maul Hill | W 278° | 330 m | 22.0 mi |
| Comanche Peak | WNW 295° | 325 m | 17.8 mi |
| Friday Mountain | WSW 245° | 325 m | 23.4 mi |
| Dittmar Hill | W 267° | 324 m | 18.7 mi |
- 12.3 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 14.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 18.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Decker United Methodist Church and Community: 1.3 mi
- Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Reuben Hornsby: 2.7 mi
- Site of the Home of Reuben Hornsby: 2.8 mi
- Josephus Hornsby: 2.9 mi
- Agave Neighborhood Park: 2.6 mi
- Northeast Park: 2.9 mi
- Davis White Northeast Neighborhood Park: 3.1 mi
- Burr Field: 3.3 mi
- Little Walnut Creek Greenbelt: 3.9 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 4.7 mi
- Ocho: 5.5 mi
- Lotus: 5.6 mi
- Fork in the Road: 5.7 mi
- Arachnophilia: 5.7 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Asian American Resource Center Intergenerational Garden: 5.6 mi
- Zen Garden: 5.6 mi
- Monoculture: 6.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.0 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 4.4 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 5.4 mi
- The Thinkery: 6.0 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 7.4 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 7.4 mi
- George Washington Carver Museum: 7.4 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 7.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.9 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 10.3 mi
- Mount Barker: 10.3 mi
- Mount Lucas: 10.4 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 7.9 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 7.9 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 8.7 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 8.8 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 8.8 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 10.2 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 10.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 11.7 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Link Falls: 12.0 mi
- New Sweden: 9.6 mi
- McDuff: 9.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.2 mi
- Dunstan: 18.8 mi
- Phelan: 19.0 mi
- Seiders Spring: 8.6 mi
- Shady Spring: 8.8 mi
- Eliza Spring: 10.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 10.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 18.6 mi
- Bird Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Seismic Wall: 12.2 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Red Bluffs: 24.7 mi
- Stone picnic table: 10.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 13.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 16.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Bergstrom Intl AP, 9 mi away.
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